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Absolute nonsense. I get they want to give the cusp teams a chance but my view is too damn bad, the reg season is done, time to move on. Why have a longer playoff and risk potential infection for many teams that have no right to be part of this?Nik Bethune said:https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1263643064498823168
Yes, this will produce a very legitimate champion.
Bender said:I get they want to give the cusp teams a chance
Bender said:Why have a longer playoff and risk potential infection for many teams that have no right to be part of this?
In this 24-team proposal, the top 12 teams from each conference, based on points percentage, will play on, with the top four in the East and West (regardless of division) each receiving a bye to the actual playoff portion.
Those top four teams would play each other in a three-game round robin. It remains unclear how exactly the round-robin formula will work, but the belief is that those games will not simply be warmup exhibitions ? they could provide opportunity for those four teams to change their seeding.
While that round-robin is occurring, the remaining eight teams would square off in best-of-five, play-in series.
The winners of those play-in series would determine the 16 playoff teams, then be bracketed to start the chase for Lord Stanley.
What's the point of having divisions then? Being third seed in Atlantic is basically meaningless.CarltonTheBear said:https://www.tsn.ca/a-closer-look-at-the-nhl-s-24-team-playoff-proposal-1.1477880
In this 24-team proposal, the top 12 teams from each conference, based on points percentage, will play on, with the top four in the East and West (regardless of division) each receiving a bye to the actual playoff portion.
Those top four teams would play each other in a three-game round robin. It remains unclear how exactly the round-robin formula will work, but the belief is that those games will not simply be warmup exhibitions ? they could provide opportunity for those four teams to change their seeding.
While that round-robin is occurring, the remaining eight teams would square off in best-of-five, play-in series.
The winners of those play-in series would determine the 16 playoff teams, then be bracketed to start the chase for Lord Stanley.
In this scenario the Leafs would need to beat the Blue Jackets in a best-of-5 series in order to move on to the official 1st round of the playoffs.
bustaheims said:The fact that Montreal, Chicago, and Arizona would make it into the playoffs in a 24 team scenario is, quite frankly, ridiculous.
OldTimeHockey said:While, I'm not a fan of the suggestion, I'm not really surprised by it. These teams are businesses that need to make money.
Businesses through out North America are working their hardest to make money and coming up with all kinds of ideas to get it done. Not sure why anyone would expect these NHL businesses to behave any differently.
Nik Bethune said:OldTimeHockey said:While, I'm not a fan of the suggestion, I'm not really surprised by it. These teams are businesses that need to make money.
Businesses through out North America are working their hardest to make money and coming up with all kinds of ideas to get it done. Not sure why anyone would expect these NHL businesses to behave any differently.
Most businesses in North America aren't sports franchises where the year to year profitability isn't going to make or break anyone with a financial stake in them.
OldTimeHockey said:What does that have to do with anything?