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Originally Posted by Geeoff
I wonder if the play-in round will be considered regular season or playoff games. If they are reg season, maybe Neal 21 goals is back on the table?
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Hmm. That is a really good question.
At first I suspected it would be separate, as you have a lot of teams not playing, so in terms of individual stats and rankings, the idle players have no chance to improve their stats.
Having said that, for the purpose of comparison vs historical stats, I would expect playoff stats should start with the round of 16
The stats from these ‘play in series’ would have to go somewhere
And like you mention, there is the odd commercial situation here or there that may be impacted. Neal certainly is unique in that a transaction is dependent on it, and there may be other contracts out there with performance based bonuses
Interesting, and I hope we get to find out!