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TSNs Dave Hodge sounds off on all the hockey issues of the day in Hodgemail. Fabian Johnson USA Jersey . Write in to answer Daves weekly question and watch the NHL on TSN tonight to see if he reads your response. Earlier this month, Major League Baseball turned a few heads with the announcement that it was expanding its playoff format to 10 teams this season by adding a wild-card club to each league. A grand total of ten teams (out of 30) will make the postseason, relatively increasing the chances of a club winning the World Series. So should the National Hockey League add a couple of more teams to the playoff picture as well? Back in the 1990-91 season, only five of the NHLs 21 teams missed the playoffs. And with the addition of nine more teams over the next decade, just over 50 percent of the clubs end up playing hockey in the spring. So heres Daves question to you was: "Major League Baseball has added two playoff teams. Should the NHL increase its playoff membership?" And here are the answers that Dave liked best: Tony says: "Sure. More late-season interest in more cities, more money generated by more teams, more playoff opportunities for more players…everybody wins." Jonathan writes: "Ill make the same case for hockey that I made for baseball. Whatever helps Toronto get into the playoffs." (we heard the same sentiment from Winnipeg and Edmonton, and.....) We heard this from Harold, a fan in Calgary: "Now that the Flames are in eighth place, I can say we dont need it, but check with me next year." Steve offers this logic: "if and when they add expansion teams, they can add playoff teams, but not before." Murray states flatly: "No. The playoffs are long enough as it is.....any longer and Ill be divorced." (You mean, go back to the 90s when you made the playoffs unless you were Hartford?) Larry says: "If there were more playoff teams, there would be more buyers and fewer sellers at the trade deadline." (ah yes, its all about the trade deadline). And Daves Reply to All: For as long as the NHL has allowed 16 teams into the playoffs, it has heard the criticism that post-season participation is too easy. But all it takes for someone to suggest it should be made easier is a team that misses the playoffs by a point or two and a general manager who tries to sell the idea that 90-plus points should be rewarded somehow. Heres an idea, a new system that has 20 playoff teams. The bottom eight in a short first round, the winners joining the other 12 in the second round. That number is hard to stomach, as its only 10 less than the nutty idea of Islanders owner Charles Wong that all 30 teams should make the playoffs. Baseball can sell two more playoff teams because two more only makes 10. The best you can say for 16 is that hockey fans are accustomed to it--the number is not going down and it shouldnt go up. Arturo Vidal Bayern Munich Jersey . The top-ranked Williams carried her winning momentum from 2013 into the new season, beating No. 2-ranked Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 7-5 on Saturday to defend her title at the Brisbane International and set the tone for the Australian Open. Custom USA Soccer Jersey . Brazil will announce a coach on Tuesday to succeed Luiz Felipe Scolari, who resigned after Brazil failed to win the World Cup -- eliminated in a humiliating 7-1 loss to Germany in the semifinals. http://www.thesoccerfanshop.com/Netherland/Wesley-Sneijder-Jersey/ . The NHL now has 60 days to file a grievance, an action that would seek declaration that the NHLPA withheld their consent unreasonably in violation of the CBA. As well, the league may seek damages on behalf of the teams whose business will be most impacted next year. DALLAS -- The Dallas Stars got a huge lift from Tim Thomas after a big hit knocked Kari Lehtonen out of the game. Erik Cole scored on a breakaway with 4:49 to play, and the Stars rallied to defeat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Saturday night. Lehtonen injured his head in a collision with the Wilds Erik Haula at 6:37 of the third period. Haula was given a major penalty for charging -- Lehtonens helmet came off as he fell backward into the crossbar -- and was ejected. Tyler Seguin scored with 26 seconds remaining in the 5-minute power play to tie the game at 3. "Obviously, not good," Stars coach Lindy Ruff said. "(Haula) went in hard, (Lehtonen) hit the crossbar hard. Likelihood, its a concussion on just a dirty play. He should be suspended. "Fourth-liner takes out our goaltender." The newly acquired Thomas stopped all six shots he faced for the win in his Stars debut in relief. The Stars acquired the 39-year-old goalie from the Florida Panthers at Wednesdays trade deadline, giving them another seasoned goalie. "For me, Tim looked calm in there," Ruff said. "He made some plays that maybe younger goaltenders wouldnt make. That was vintage Tim Thomas. Hes lived it and he knows how to play." With the game tied at 3, Cole picked up a loose puck at centre ice and Wild goalie Darcy Kuemper came out to stop him, but Coles shot went past Kuemper and into the upper left corner. Cole also assisted on Seguins tying goal. "We fought hard all game long and kept battling back and were able to grab the lead," Minnesota coach Mike Yeo said. "And then all of sudden you take a 5-minute major and another mistake after that and you find yourself down, so its tough." Wild defenceman Keith Ballard had the turnover that led to Coles goal. "Bad read on my part," Ballard said. "I dont know if I telegraphed it a little bit or I just kind of misjudged how high he was playing in the D zone. Obviously, the guy picked it off." Both the tying and winning goals were scored under a banner raised before the game to honour Mike Modano, the franchises all-time scoring leader. Seguin also had two assists, giving him four goals and four assists in two games. Jamie Benn and Alex Chiasson also scored forr Dallas. Mix Diskerud Jersey. Haula scored in the first period and Charlie Coyle in the second. Kyle Brodziak gave the Wild their only lead in the third. The Stars, eighth in the Western Conference, moved within three points of the seventh-place Wild. Minnesota had won five in a row. Dallas also increased the lead over No. 9 Phoenix to three points. "With the 5-minute power play right off the bat," Thomas said, "it kind of allowed me to settle in and adjust and think the rest of it through to be like, Man, this would be a very important win to us." Before the game, the Stars retired Modanos No. 9 in front of a Dallas-record crowd of 19,109. The Stars then scored just 31 seconds into the game. Rich Peverley dropped a pass to Jamie Benn in the right circle for a wrist shot into the right side of the net. "Its I think one of the biggest days in franchise history when you put a guy like that up in the rafters and then you cap it off with that type of game," Ruff said. "I think they were pumped by watching some of the video, some of the Mike stuff. I know I was because theres some dynamic goals there you get to watch." Added Seguin: "I think if anything that motivated me, thats a true character guy, a big leader, an incredible hockey player and now a legend. Watching his jersey go up and seeing that (1999) Stanley Cup again, I think the only thing it did was make me more motivated and I think the guys felt the same." The Wild tied it on Haulas short-handed goal at 16:32. But the Stars regained the lead 4 seconds into a power play at 1:55 of the second period. That snapped a streak of 20 successful penalty kills by the Wild over eight games. Kuemper, who was making his 16th consecutive start, had 34 saves. Lehtonen made 26 saves. NOTES: Seguin raised his team-leading totals to 29 goals and 37 assists. ... Benn has three goals and seven assists in six games. ... Forwards Matt Moulson and Cody McCormick made their Wild debuts after being traded Wednesday from Buffalo. ... The previous attendance record was 19,099 on March 16, 2012. It was only the fourth sellout in 34 Stars home games this season. ... The home team won every game in the season series. Minnesota was 2-2 and Dallas 2-1-1. The Wild are 1-14-5 in Dallas. Cheap China Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China China NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Cheap Jerseys China ' ' ' |
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