[corporatejay]

Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner

You are wrong. It's 1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7. Then 2 vs. 3 in each division. If 4 teams make it from each division, there can still be a "crossover". 1 vs. 4 in each division is possible, but not certain.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=6...vid=nhl-search

Thanks, this seems unnecessarily complicated. Why didn't they just keep it the way it was.