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Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland, a driving force behind the NHL adopting its wildly popular 3-on-3 overtime, wondered recently how exciting it would be for the league to adopt a wild-card play-in game similar to what is used by Major League Baseball. Frank Ragnow Jersey .The proposal would add a third wild-card playoff team to each conference, with the bottom two wild-card teams facing each other in a one-game playoff to determine which team advances to a first-round playoff series. The idea was discussed at last weeks board of governors meetings in Florida.Personally, Im not in favor of it, Philadelphia Flyers general manager Ron Hextall said. I think we demand a lot of our players and playing more games, I dont think, is a solution.Hextall said that considering the teams play a preseason with a minimum of seven games, 82 games in the regular season and up to two months in the playoffs, plus the potential of the Olympics and World Cup every other season, weve got to be really careful of putting our players through more than we already do.Under Hollands plan, if the current season ended Sunday, the ninth-seeded New Jersey Devils (30 points) would face the second wild-card team in the East, the Washington Capitals (37 points), in the Eastern Conference play-in game. The ninth-seeded Winnipeg Jets (29 points) would face off against the second wild-card Los Angeles Kings (30 points) in the West.It is something weve discussed and it has gained some traction, Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill said. But what if the second wild-card team has a six-point lead on the ninth-place team? Should they be knocked out of the playoffs because they lose one game?In the three seasons since the lockout-shortened 2012-13 season, when the Columbus Blue Jackets missed the playoffs despite being tied in points with the Minnesota Wild, at least two points have separated the second wild-card team from the ninth-seeded non-playoff team in each conference.That alone, Florida Panthers executive chairman Peter Luukko said, should be reason enough to keep the current playoff format unchanged.I think its fine the way it is, Luukko said. I mean, were playing 82 games. I think its fair and I think its really working. Its coming down to the end of the season anyway right now. It couldnt be more exciting. I just think that kind of cheapens it.Nill said there have been discussions among general managers about giving the No. 1 playoff seed more of a reward for finishing with the best record in each conference, perhaps by increasing their number of first-round home games from four to five.That idea might be more palatable to the players than adding an extra game to their schedules.I think its stupid, Flyers forward Jakub Voracek said. A one-game playoff? I dont think this is baseball. You have 82 games to get in the playoffs. If youre not in, youre out.Teammate Wayne Simmonds agreed.You get in, you get in, he said. There should be no play-in game. You finish one through eight, youre in the playoffs. You finish ninth and you lose a tiebreaker by goal differential or something else, its too bad. The tiebreakers are fine, why change it now? Taylor Decker Jersey . To the surprise of many, it isnt the Wolverines but their in-state rivals the Michigan State Spartans. Kerry Hyder Jersey . They were putting most of their energy into a record-setting offensive display. http://www.cheaplionsjerseyssale.com/?tag=barry-sanders-jersey-sale ;. The Dane followed up his first European Tour title last weekend with eight birdies and just a single dropped shot on Thursday for a one-stroke advantage over South Africas Allan Versfeld and Portugals Ricardo Santos. ARLINGTON, Texas -- With Yu Darvish having done his part in getting the Texas Rangers off to a good start in their three-game series with Seattle, someone might want to cue up Irving Berlin as Cole Hamels takes the hill for game two on Tuesday.Anything you can do I can do better.Its not just me against Cole Hamels, Darvish said of any friendly competition in the Texas clubhouse after the Texas right-hander went 6 2/3 innings in a 6-3 win on Monday. Its all the starters.I made a rule that on that week whoever had the least innings cannot say anything. The one who has the most innings can mess with them.Last week it was Hamels who won bragging rights.Texas lefty will make his 27th start of the season seeking his 15th victory -- against four defeats -- and having posted quality starts in seven of his eight starts since the All-Star break. Hes 5-2 with a 1.59 ERA with 58 strikeouts during that span. In addition, hes 2-0 with a 1.93 ERA in two starts against Seattle.Healthy rivalries aside, the Rangers have a decided advantage against just about anyone with Darvish and Hamels at the top of a rotation.Its huge to have your 1 and 2 go back to back, Texas manager Jeff Banister said. To have the comfort to know you have two veteran guys at the front of the rotation to start a series and manage the games for us, their stuff, what they mean to this club. Obviously, they have to pitch well.Yu set the table tonight. Its a big plus to have those two guys at the front of the rotation.Tuesdays game is the second of 25 cconsecutive games against the AL West for Texas, which enters the game 8 1/2 up on Houston and 9 1/2 up on the Mariners. Nevin Lawson Jersey. Seattle is at the start of 19 straight against the division. Texas has won eighth of its last 10 against Seattle.Lefty James Paxton (4-5) will go for the Mariners in his second start since being activated from the disabled list (elbow contusion) on Aug. 25. He took a no-decision in his last outing on the road against the White Sox. He gave up three runs in the first but followed with four shutout innings.Seattle is seeking to snap a three-game losing streak. The Mariners have lost six of season.Despite being down 6-1 to Texas, the Mariners let their best chance slip away on Monday.They were able to get Darvish out of the game in the seventh and had runners on first and third with two outs.Texas relievers had trouble recording the last out.Seattle pinch-hitter Franklin Gutierrezs double off lefty Jake Diekman scored two. Robinson Cano followed with a walk with slugger Nelson Cruz coming to the plate.Texas right-hander Keone Kela, though working Cruz to 3-2, struck out the slugger to end the inning, and he retired the side in order in the eighth.We had a chance to turn it around and I wasnt able to deliver, Cruz said. We havent got it where we want it as an offensive team.They beat us (Monday). We have two more games so we should step up tomorrow. 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