The curling has been outstanding at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts but the convoluted playoff format leaves a lot to be desired.
Krista McCarville of Northern Ontario proved that her team’s trip to the final last year was no fluke, putting up a 7-1 record and finishing first in her pool and earning the right to face Nova Scotia’s surprising Christina Black in the other “seeding final.”Article content
Black and Grandy emerged as the best of that bunch and though Grandy eventually bowed out, it was great to see the new wave represented in a final four that also includes Einarson, McCarville and Jones.That brings us to the point of this column.Advertisement 5It’s convoluted, confusing and features seemingly unnecessary games.
The second- and third-place teams in each pool had to cross over and play one another in elimination seeding games.Article content The semifinal goes Sunday afternoon and the championship game Sunday night at the Sandman Centre in Kamloops. Sometimes I think curling gets in its own way in trying to make everything fair and balanced. To that end, they’ve added another layer to the playoffs, and it doesn’t hurt that it gets Curling Canada another night of prime time TSN coverage.The World Curling Federation has been simplifying playoffs in recent years, doing away with tiebreakers and not using Page playoffs.Article content
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