48 Game Schedule

[DelPen]

Per Bob McKenzie:

No interconference.

4 vs two teams, 5 vs 2 teams in division
3 vs other 10 teams.

So we get to play two ATL teams 5 times. I'm guessing Philly and if the NHL wants better TV the Rangers. That will depend on who they think will be a better TV draw, us or Philly getting the rags an extra game.

[beLIEve]

Philly and NY Rangers are most likely if you believe that they want minimal disruption to what is already scheduled.

Games already scheduled against Atlantic
New Jersey: 1 (1 home, 0 away)
NY Islanders: 3 (2 home, 1 away)
NY Rangers: 5 (2 home, 3 away)
Philadelphia: 5 (3 home, 2 away)

The Philadelphia thing is a little interesting, considering there is talk of adding another game against them in Philly on January 19th. I guess if thats true, and if this format is true, they'd have to swap opponents on one of the other games. The adding of that game made a lot more sense back when i thought they'd have 7 games against division foes, not 4/5 games.

[shmenguin]

oh gee whiz - what a shock that we have to play philly an nyr 5 times.

blech

[no name]

Really, you couldn't of just done 50 games?? 2 more lousy games to make it a even 50??

[Idoit40fans]

I don't like them not doing home and homes against the division. why was 48 such an important number?

Why not 6 against division opponents and 2 against the rest of the conference for 44?

[SolidSnake]

As much revenue as they can generate

[Idoit40fans]

I should clarify that i mean 1:1 home:away when I say home and homes.

[BigMcK]

When the schedule is released, anyone know if Winnipeg will still play in the Southeast?

[MRandall25]

Yeah, no one is changing conferences. Winnipeg will still be on the schedule.

[jwest21]

When the schedule is released, anyone know if Winnipeg will still play in the Southeast?

Ugh- I wasn't thinking about them. Their schedule is going to suck!

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

No changes to divisions this season.

[pressure=9Pa]

I haven't bothered to do the math, but is this format more compressed in terms of average # games / week than past Olympic years?

[Beveridge]

Well, it's 15 weeks from the 19th until the end of April. If they go to the end of April, it would be average of 3 games a week with some weeks needing 4 games.

Also consider that they will be starting roughly around the same time as the all star break normally would be, and I think usually you have around 38-40 games to go at the break and that's with season ending in mid April.

I would think it would be somewhere in the middle of a normal year and olympic year depending on end date.

[DudeMan2766]

Sweaty Teddy typing up his complaint letter as we speak, in case the caps have to come to Pittsburgh 2 of the 3 times

[penny lane]

dear Lord, folks are tweeting the pens could have a home and home with the fly boys .
My disgust of the flyers will probably reach an all time

[FreeCandy44]

Must remember to ask for Jan. 19 off tomorrow. Lets just say I ain't to proud to beg. ;)

[FreeCandy44]

Btw just throwing this out there. I'd be down for buying 2-3 tix for a Sunday game if anyone wants to sell. Hell any night would be cool.

[DudeMan2766]

Must remember to ask for Jan. 19 off tomorrow. Lets just say I ain't to proud to beg. ;)

Is it confirmed it'd be am afternoon game? I doubt they'd change that since nbc would want it

[FreeCandy44]

No clue but if its a afternoon game. Im not gonna miss it.

[MelicharSux]

Must remember to ask for Jan. 19 off tomorrow. Lets just say I ain't to proud to beg.

Is it confirmed it'd be am afternoon game? I doubt they'd change that since nbc would want it

If it's in Philly - Penn State plays Vermont @ Wells Fargo Center at 7:30.

[beLIEve]

Must remember to ask for Jan. 19 off tomorrow. Lets just say I ain't to proud to beg.

Is it confirmed it'd be am afternoon game? I doubt they'd change that since nbc would want it

If it's in Philly - Penn State plays Vermont @ Wells Fargo Center at 7:30.

And it certainly won't be in Pittsburgh at night. Duquesne basketball has Consol booked at 7pm on the 19th.

Not only that, but I doubt they're going to wipe any of the current home games off of the schedule. It'd seem silly to give up a date you already have the arena booked for. And Philly has a home game scheduled the 19th (against non-conference Calgary, which is why it makes sense that it'd become the Pens, who were supposed to play non-conference Minnesota on the road on the 19th).

[beLIEve]

dear Lord, folks are tweeting the pens could have a home and home with the fly boys .
My disgust of the flyers will probably reach an all time

Pens do have a home and home with the flyers on the old 2012-2013 schedule on March 24th/March 26th. I see no reason to change that for the new schedule, so I'd say its a safe bet.

[Jopaz]

No clue but if its a afternoon game. Im not gonna miss it.

Saturday could be an afternoon game, but I doubt that NBC would put a hockey game on a Sunday afternoon when the NFL playoffs are on. I guess it could be just on local TV if they had to play Sunday afternoon.

[llipgh2]

No clue but if its a afternoon game. Im not gonna miss it.

Saturday could be an afternoon game, but I doubt that NBC would put a hockey game on a Sunday afternoon when the NFL playoffs are on. I guess it could be just on local TV if they had to play Sunday afternoon.

It might be on NBCSports...

[beLIEve]

I don't see any other way to do the first game against the Flyers other than in Philly in the afternoon on the 19th. And this is only a guess, but I think the home opener will be Monday the 21st against New Jersey, or possibly Montreal.