Would it be more compelling for an underdog to advance from the first round? Maybe. But they have a better chance of doing that in a play-in game or a home-and-home series.

At best, you’re spending min 2/max 3 games to advance the better team to more compelling match-ups. At worst, you have Minnesota winning none of the 3 games in regulation and advancing anyway.

Thank god for that. Hate the current Best-of-3 first round with my whole heart.

If he was using SEO to bury it, he did a terrible job. I only know his name for one reason. 😂

Hell yeah.

Actually, that’s not true. But I feel similarly about Revolver being my favorite Beatles album.

Diary is their Rubber Soul.
LP2 is their Revolver.
How It Feels is their Sgt. Pepper.

😆

I mean, this might be one of my favorite opening tracks on any album ever.

youtu.be/2MMpYIuDMlg?...

It’s brilliant, IMO. I’m sorry, but a regular season game in frigid weather > a playoff game or MLS Cup in December.

Me! I got screwed. And they sent me a record I didn’t want in the relaunch with no word of where my other previous orders were. Whee!

At peak Dempsey, Lodeiro, Oba, Ruidiaz, you could set your watch to getting a moment of individual brilliance from them that changed the game.

I don’t know where that moment is coming from with this squad.

IMO, we’re still missing a transcendent creative player. The team can be the star all we want until there’s a moment requiring real game-breaking quality.

Pepo might be that player in two years, but he isn’t that player now.

Arriola, Ferreira, Morris, or Rusnak are not those guys either.

I think there’s a high likelihood we’re starting CCC in Feb short-handed.

We prioritized winning Leagues Cup to get back there. It would be a shame if we wiped out early.

I wish Stef would decide to hang ‘em up and quit before he stays long enough to sour fans on his legacy.

I hope this is the year Brian and Craig finally decide to move on from Nouhou and get a LWB who works on both sides of the ball.