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Originally Posted by SebC
An average team in the West will make the playoffs 4 years out of 7, whereas average in the East gets you in 4 years out of 8. There's nothing wrong with this line of thinking. It's unbalanced. I'm not complaining, since the Flames are in the West, but I don't see how the Eastern teams or their players could have signed off on this plan.
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Because teams make the playoffs based on number of wins an OTLs- not by chance.
Look at the Flames and their standings right now; sitting in 12th. Are we looking at the teams behind us? Not really- we are looking at the teams ahead and how we can make up ground.
8 teams in one division means there will be one more team in each division who wasn't good enough to make it. It doesn't matter if there are 8 or 7 teams; if you don't have enough points to crack the top 4 you aren't in the playoffs.
Compare that to the way it is now. We play most of our games against division rivals; however the playoffs are based on conference standings. So if you are in a weak division you have an easier time making the post season.