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AC · 05-22-2020, 06:40 PM

I'm surprised when people say the eventual Cup Winner will effectively have an asterisk by their name.

IMO, whoever wins will be more legitimate than the 2013 Blackhawks or 1995 Devils who only played a 48 game regular season due to the lockouts. I don't consider them to have an asterisk beside their names in history, but I think if anything there's more of a case to be made than this year.

If the duration of the 16 team playoffs were reduced to a best of 5, or introduced a shootout, or something else along those lines then I'd agree. But given that the regular season was 11-14 games away from being completed before the pause, some form of play-in system is required before the actual playoffs start.

I'm not crazy about the proposed bracket system, but we'll see what actually gets agreed upon.

05-22-2020, 06:40 PM	#963
AC Resident Videologist Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Calgary Exp:	I'm surprised when people say the eventual Cup Winner will effectively have an asterisk by their name. IMO, whoever wins will be more legitimate than the 2013 Blackhawks or 1995 Devils who only played a 48 game regular season due to the lockouts. I don't consider them to have an asterisk beside their names in history, but I think if anything there's more of a case to be made than this year. If the duration of the 16 team playoffs were reduced to a best of 5, or introduced a shootout, or something else along those lines then I'd agree. But given that the regular season was 11-14 games away from being completed before the pause, some form of play-in system is required before the actual playoffs start. I'm not crazy about the proposed bracket system, but we'll see what actually gets agreed upon.