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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Listening to Gary Bettman's rollout from the other day I very much doubt that such a format would be considered. He was careful to emphasize the importance of maintaining the integrity of the Stanley Cup, and I think 30 years of tradition that requires 16 playoff wins are exactly what he was talking about
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I thought he specifically mentioned they were still considering using best of 5 for first two rounds. Like you, I hope they don’t but it’s inevitable they will change the playoff format at some point in the future.
A league that awards points for a skills competition and allows some games to award three points, and others two, is not exactly bound to tradition.