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Originally Posted by puckluck2
Such a shame two elite teams have to play each other in round 1. I like the old format better.
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To be completely blunt, the Blues are not an elite team right now. But much of that has to do with injury and the fact that Miller has been useless.
However, the old system wouldn't be any "better" in this regard. It would have been St. Louis-Los Angeles and San Jose-Chicago in the old system. The playoff system is not why a bunch of top teams are facing each other in the first round. The fact that the Eastern conference is garbage and all of the good teams are in the West is why.