The only tweak I would make is not to resend the wild card teams. So if 4 teams from each division make the playoffs all series are divisional regardless of who has more points between the 4th place teams.
The only time the wildcard would affect it is if the 5th place team in one is better than the 4th place team in the other. This would ensure 6 divisional series in the first round.
The other thing I would consider is making the wildcard Inter Conferamce. So the 9th place team in one conference could be the wildcard in the other.
I find 1-8 a dumb idea as every argument supporting 1-8 supports 1-16.
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