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Originally Posted by speede5
It's the same format as the NHL.
A lot of people are complaining about this this year but the format has been in place since 2014 iirc and this situation hasn't really happened before. from a busines point of view it is excellent, we sold out our first round games and will sell out all our second round games, if we were playing med hat or lethbridge that might not be the case. The whole point was to highlight the division rivalries.
And you have to play everyone eventually so does it really matter?
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And reduce travel costs as much as possible.
Agreed, there is nothing wrong with the format but periodically you get situations such as this season where one division is loaded. Things balance out in the long term.