User talk:Canuckian89/New NHL Bracket

Round names

I don't know that "Division semis" and "Division finals" are accurate due to the hybrid system the NHL will use. It's going to be top three teams per division and then the next two per conference regardless of record (so you could have five from one division and three from the other). "Conference quarters" and "Conference semis" would likely be more accurate. 1995hoo (talk) 01:34, 19 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That's one of the things I was wondering to. On one hand, they're sort of modeling this new system on the old divisional-playoff system, while changing it by the introduction of the Wild Card. Canuck^{89 (what's up?)} 01:48, April 19, 2013 (UTC)

Changed to "First Round" and "Second Round" for now. Since the playoffs won't use this format until next year, we might have to wait a while until the NHL gives us an official announcement. Canuck^{89 (chat with me)} 01:50, April 19, 2013 (UTC)

Any major difference with Template:16TeamBracket?

The main reason we have a separate (soon to be old) NHL bracket template, instead of using the standard Template:16TeamBracket like on the NBA playoffs and NCAA march madness articles, was because of "reseeding" between the first and second rounds -- hence no bracket lines between those first two rounds. If the only primary difference between your current proposal and the standard 16-team bracket template is the blue/red color shading, it is more likely to get nominated on WP:TFD as either for deletion or possible merge. Zzyzx11 (talk) 02:14, 19 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Personally, I like the colour-coded conferences compared to the plain white template. See Template:8TeamBracket-MLB, which is much the same case, where the colour-coding is the only difference from the main 8 team bracket, and no one has objected to its existence. Canuck^{89 (have words with me)} 02:24, April 19, 2013 (UTC)

I have to say I wouldn't use this over the standard bracket. I might also think about having a discussion to redirect the baseball one to the standard one. The trend is to slowly stop having specialized templates for every subject area and to have standard ones used across subjects where possible. -DJSasso (talk) 11:59, 19 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]