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Originally Posted by Jay Random
But also, nobody wants to be the team with 91 points missing out because a team from the other conference happened to be better.
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The team with 96 points has more of a reason to be unhappy if they are the ones missing out.
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the playoff bracket itself gets more complicated,
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No it doesn't.
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there's more travel, and more expense.
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Marginally.
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Team owners care a lot more about those things than about whether some group of fans think it's fair.
There were seasons in the 21-team league when every team in the Norris Division was .500 or below, yet four of them made the playoffs. There was one year that all six teams in the Patrick Division were above .500, but two of those teams missed. To the owners, stuff like that is just the price of doing business.
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Well then owners suck. Greedy rich shmucks who are out of touch with hockey fans.