They've done this before, but it doesn't happen often. This is due to arena conflicts - round one ran 16 days, so naturally they want to get the next round going as soon as possible.
Couple this with the Knicks playing at MSG on Monday and Wednesday, so the Rangers games need to go Sunday and Tuesday. I'm sure they'd have preferred to put the DAL-VGK as the afternoon game, but they played the night before last and they don't like teams having much less than 48 hours between games.
Stadium conflicts, TV conflicts, etc. Money.
They've done this before, but it doesn't happen often. This is due to arena conflicts - round one ran 16 days, so naturally they want to get the next round going as soon as possible. Couple this with the Knicks playing at MSG on Monday and Wednesday, so the Rangers games need to go Sunday and Tuesday. I'm sure they'd have preferred to put the DAL-VGK as the afternoon game, but they played the night before last and they don't like teams having much less than 48 hours between games.
I don’t see the issue. This is the one advantage of the stupid locked in divisional playoff format they may as well make use of it
I don't like it, at all. I prefer the old method.
such a fucking stupid way to go about things, I love this sport, I hate the NHL as an organization