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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
After several years of the west being by far the stronger conference, it looks (at least to me) like the balance of power has swung back to the east.
In the Metro division, you can make a case for 7 of the teams having a realistic shot at the playoffs. In the Atlantic, there are probably 5 solid teams (2 out of TB, Mtl and the Leafs)
Compare that with the west where, in both divisions, things start to thin out really quickly after 3 teams, or 4 at the most
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I felt the opposite. Trying to come up with 8 teams to make the play-offs was tough with the garbage that is in the East. I ended up saying the last couple of teams make it because they aren't quite as bad as the other teams.
If you had a straight 30 team league with the top 16 making the play-offs I would expect about 10/11 teams currently in West and 5/6 in East make the play-offs and think that Chicago, LA, St. Louis and SJ at least as good if not better than the top team/s (Boston/Pitts) in the East.