A question about scheduling
Posted: Tue Jan 8, 2013 1:26 pm
I wonder if anyone can answer this.
Yesterday there was talk on the Radio that some of the guys on the OKC team were a little tired to play on Sunday due to the fact that a lot of the guys went out to party in Toronto the night before. And someone mentioned that its a "Trap Game" for Toronto where they lure teams into the city to play a 1/2PM game on a Sunday knowing full well that the team would have to arrive the Saturday before and go HAM on Saturday night.
So my question is, do teams make "Requests" to the league regarding when they want to play or prefer to play? I thought the fact that Raptors play most every Sunday was just a coincidence and that the Leafs play every Saturday at 7 was just some kind of old NHL tradition.
I always thought scheduling was up to the League and teams just took what they got.
Any thoughts?
Yesterday there was talk on the Radio that some of the guys on the OKC team were a little tired to play on Sunday due to the fact that a lot of the guys went out to party in Toronto the night before. And someone mentioned that its a "Trap Game" for Toronto where they lure teams into the city to play a 1/2PM game on a Sunday knowing full well that the team would have to arrive the Saturday before and go HAM on Saturday night.
So my question is, do teams make "Requests" to the league regarding when they want to play or prefer to play? I thought the fact that Raptors play most every Sunday was just a coincidence and that the Leafs play every Saturday at 7 was just some kind of old NHL tradition.
I always thought scheduling was up to the League and teams just took what they got.
Any thoughts?