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Originally Posted by getbak
New AHL playoff structure for 2021-22:
All but 2 teams in each Division will make the postseason. Best-of-three play-in first round, followed by a regular 4 round/16 team playoff -- but with two rounds of best-of-five before 2 rounds of best-of-seven.
The AHL is usually used a testing ground for ideas the NHL is considering... so keep an eye on this. |
Not to be too much of a wet blanket, but this isn't the first time the AHL has had a play-in round. It expanded the playoffs after it absorbed a number of IHL teams back in the early 00s, and it only lasted a couple of seasons.