The Los Angeles Kings booked their ticket to the 2012 Stanley Cup Final last Tuesday and the New Jersey Devils last Friday. Now the last NHL playoff round isn’t scheduled to start until Wednesday May 30th, 2012. My question is; why is the league waiting so long? I can understand giving the Devils a full two days to recover from their seven game series with the New York Rangers and starting the final Stanley Cup round on Monday, May 30th, 2012 – that would make sense? But to wait a full five days until Wednesday is way too long.
I honestly can’t figure out what the reason is. The Kings will have had eight days off between games, and the Devils five. Both teams are lucky to get that amount of time off during the regular season. I wonder if it will affect their play early on in the Stanley Cup final? Whether Game 2, 3, or 4 is televised either on NBC or NBC Sports on the weekend or not, I don’t think will drastically change ratings. Although, I suppose I have been wrong before. While I’m on the subject, this isn’t the first time the NHL has waited five days between the conclusion of the third and beginning of the final Stanley Cup rounds. Does anyone know why this happens? If you do, please comment below and enlighten me.
Either way I think it’s a ridiculous idea. I just want to watch more hockey!
…and that is the Last Word.
