Live from Raleighwood, it\u2019ll be Saturday Night.<\/p>\n
Ever since Philadelphia<\/a> ended their series against Pittsburgh<\/a> on Wednesday, fans had been waiting for when the Flyers\/Canes series would get started. Informed speculation had noted that ABC had an 8 PM slot for Saturday Night, also a traditional spot for \u201cHockey Night in Canada.\u201d The thinking was that if either Minnesota\/Dallas or Edmonton\/Anaheim needed a Game 7 that\u2019s when they would play, and if both series ended the league might go ahead and start the Canes versus the Flyers.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Well, Minnesota<\/a> ended Dallas<\/a>\u2019 season and then Anaheim<\/a> wrapped up their series against the Oilers. As the Canes and the Flyers would be the most rested\u2014you could have started Colorado<\/a> against Minnesota in Denver but that would have given the Wild just one day off\u2014and the league decided they didn\u2019t want to skip Saturday night, that just left for one option:<\/p>\n Note there\u2019s no word on the rest of the schedule as the other half of the East still may not be determined before the end of the day Sunday with Montreal\/Tampa and Boston\/Buffalo set to play their own Game Six on Friday. While Colorado and Minnesota is now set, the other Western matchup is still up in the air as Anaheim now waits for the Utah\/Las Vegas<\/a> winner\u2014which also may not be set until Sunday. Should the other East series not start until Tuesday\u2014which is the earliest they could if either or both go seven\u2014then the league will probably build in a long break between games in order to let the other series catch up. Whether that would be between games one and two, or two and three is unknown.<\/p>\n