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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Gaps don't matter at the end of the season as a team can miss the playoffs by a single point after 82 games or even after being tied with the 8th place team and having less regulation wins so why should gaps matter now? The league didn't have control over when the season ended so I don't see the issue in drawing the line where things ended. Take the top 16 teams by winning percentage and call it a day as there's nothing fair about how the season ended but what's fair is taking the teams that had the best winning percentage of the season to it's date of closure. This current 24 team format isn't remotely close to fair for the teams that were the best over the regular season.
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Teams haven’t played equal competition with the season cut short so some teams have played more games against tougher opponents and some less.
I haven’t gone through team schedules but there could be a team two points out who’s remaining games were against Detroit, Ottawa and Edmonton, while 8th plays Tampa, Boston and Colorado.