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Originally Posted by Bingo
Not sure I follow.
They literally picked the top 12 teams in each conference by winning %. They didn't just pick and choose near the bottom.
Buffalo has a .493 win percentage, Montreal .500, NYR .504
The Ducks are well back of Chicago in the West.
Apologies if I missed sarcasm etc.
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Aren't the Rangers .564 (ie. identical to Flames)? CHI .514. NJD is also .493
MIN .558 to ARI .529 is a 0.29 gap
Aside from 1st to 2nd, there aren't two sequential teams separated by a 0.29 gap from 2nd to 21st in the league standings. It's a no-brainer location to draw the line if you're seeking to resolve teams who were in contention, but didn't have equal/fair opportunities to conclude their pt%.
There are 10 teams from 0.558-0.587 (and NYI at 0.588).
What they are trying to do is fine. But, I seriously doubt we'd be talking about a 24 team format if NAS and CAR had the .514 and .500 records.