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Originally Posted by Lil Pedro
I remember last year they discussed the idea that two teams from the same conference could potentially play in the SC finals...this would be a travesty if it occurs
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No, two teams from the same conference could not play in the Stanley Cup Finals. Each of the four conferences would play the first two rounds of the playoffs to leave only one team left from each conference. The last four teams would be the playoff winners of each conference.
It's been said before, but the league proposing to go to 4 conferences makes it obvious that they were looking into a two team expansion. The conferences wouldn't be unequal for very long, at all.
A potential way to make sure worse teams wouldn't make the playoffs over better teams would be to have the top three teams in each conference make the playoffs, and then add 4 wild card teams, dispersing 1 wild card team into each conference for the playoffs.