I think the whole elimination format is outdated, and likely to hurt players' self-esteem on all the teams that get eliminated, especially in the early rounds.
It would be better if they just had every team make the playoffs, and the team that either has the least penalty minutes, or the most McDavids, wins the cup regardless of the scores. And then all the players - even from the teams that didn't play the nicest or didn't have the most McDavids - get to drink from the cup anyway. But only Country Time lemonade, which is the official drink of fair play.
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