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Originally Posted by Dion
In many ways the first round provides some of the best hockey when you see teams like Toronto and Boston go at it. The problem is the potential to see really good teams gone the first round. When you two 100 point teams going at in the first rond, the present format makes no sense.
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There are 6 teams in the east on pace to have 100 point seasons right now. There isn't any way to avoid two sets of them playing in the first round in an 8 team conference. You could go 1-16 league wide, but I like that even less personally.
Keep the divisions.