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Old 04-09-2017, 11:13 PM   #61
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Old 04-09-2017, 11:17 PM   #62
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More teams?

the Stanley Cup playoffs finished on June 12th last year...

Big pass on adding even more teams...not only does it go far too long now, but it diminishes the importance of the regular season

winning late, only matters for style points, like in the College Football playoffs or the NCAA march madness... Team with defined leagues, like the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL, game one is as meaningful as game 82... its all about the points, not about when a team is hot...

the biggest change i'd rather see is seeding conferences 1-8 and letting them play out a bracket that way...

i'd prefer 1-16 too, but the NHL won't bite on the travel costs...

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Old 04-09-2017, 11:45 PM   #63
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Why is a team's last season performance an indication of their status as a 'good team' but their current season record not enough of a clear picture to accurately say whether or not they deserve to be in the playoffs?

This is all so arbitrary in its goal to ensure subjectively determined good teams don't miss out on the playoffs if they have bad luck due to injury.
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Old 04-09-2017, 11:48 PM   #64
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I would rather some bad teams make it in than some very good teams miss out.
Very good teams don't miss the playoffs, very good teams win their division. Tampa Bay is a below average team, hence they did not qualify for the playoffs.

Game 1 is worth just as much as game 82. Tampa Bay could have started 20-6-4 and then collapsed. Would you then argue that they should have made it because they had such a good start?
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Old 04-10-2017, 12:10 AM   #65
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I think I've figured it out. The OP wants a college football style ranking system for playoff spots. Nope, nope, nope.
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Old 04-10-2017, 12:26 AM   #66
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One of the weirdest threads ever
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Old 04-10-2017, 12:47 AM   #67
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I'm complaining the other way.

We are deprived of Montreal vs Toronto because the system isn't archaic enough. There should not be wildcard teams if 4 teams from the division make the playoffs regardless of totals. The 5th place team crossing over makes sense but swapping two fourth place teams giving up rivalries isn't good for entertainment.

I think that the idea that the playoffs should be a properly seeded tournament pitting best vs worst each round is flawed. The idea should be to have the most entertaining season and playoffs as possible. This means emphasizing rivalries over idealized points
You nailed it on the wildcard. Having the wildcard cross over when there are 4 teams from each division in the playoffs is just dumb.

I'm okay with rivalry seeding, or with 1-8 conference seeding, but this hybrid system doesn't make much sense for me.

If you are going to do rivalry seeding then commit to it all the way.
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Old 04-10-2017, 01:01 AM   #68
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Before you scoff at the idea of a larger playoff format, go ask the NCAA how 'horribly' their large playoff basketball format has been working out for them.
Piling on! The NCAA basketball format has every playoff matchup decided in about two hours, not two weeks.

Also, bitching about Tampa getting robbed in the playoffs doesn't really fly around here, for some reason.
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i'm not going to add to the pile up on mathgod, but i will say this, the playoffs could have included a battle of alberta and a battle of california. Instead it's two match ups that are meaningless in rivalry. there's no passion against the ducks, just like there's no passion in the oilers against the sharks.
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You nailed it on the wildcard. Having the wildcard cross over when there are 4 teams from each division in the playoffs is just dumb.

I'm okay with rivalry seeding, or with 1-8 conference seeding, but this hybrid system doesn't make much sense for me.

If you are going to do rivalry seeding then commit to it all the way.
Owners wanted it to be 1st plays 4th 2nd plays 3rd in four divisions, like it used to. The NHLPA was against it, players feared because standings were based on rankings in divisions, rather than overall points. Teams with more points could miss the playoffs. The wildcard was a compromise.

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Old 04-10-2017, 07:10 AM   #71
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Either that or change the scaling of the games so that results from the first 41 games count slightly less than the results of the latter 41 games. (This isn't likely to happen though due to it being slightly complex.)
No, it won't happen because of any complexity. It won't happen because it is stupid.
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I am amazed this thread has reached 70+ posts... if it was the off-season I could see it, but with the playoffs around the corner?
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Sounds more like you want to change things up because your team didn't make the playoffs
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Old 04-10-2017, 08:49 AM   #74
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Owners wanted it to be 1st plays 4th 2nd plays 3rd in four divisions, like it used to. The NHLPA was against it, players feared because standings were based on rankings in divisions, rather than overall points. Teams with more points could miss the playoffs. The wildcard was a compromise.

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What was being suggested would have the same team's making the playoffs, you just wouldn't cross over unless the two wild card teams come from the same division (so this year Leafs would play Canadians and Rangers would play Capitals, instead of what we got)
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Old 04-10-2017, 08:51 AM   #75
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Counter arguments so far:

- No matter what the system is, it's totally fair as long as everyone knows what the format is from the start.

- If you get decimated by injuries, you shouldn't be considered a good team even if you win loads of games when you get healthy again.

- No pro league does something, so it must therefore be bad.

- A picture of Oprah Winfrey.

- I'm gonna call something "crazy gibberish" and "ridiculous" without explaining why.

Not exactly off to a flying start here guys...
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Old 04-10-2017, 08:55 AM   #76
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I also think that a team's performance 6 months in the past is not indicative of how good a team they are today.
To this, I suppose the natural question is what is a reasonable period of time to determine how good a team is today? One week? One month? How about one season?
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Old 04-10-2017, 09:07 AM   #77
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If the playoffs were Conference 1st vs 8th.

Capitals vs Maple Leafs
Penguins vs Bruins
Blue Jackets vs Senators
Canadiens vs Rangers

Blackhawks vs Predators
Wild vs Flames
Ducks vs Sharks
Oilers vs Blues

Personally, I like the Divisional Format.

Capitals vs Rangers
Penguins vs Blue Jackets

Canadiens vs Maple Leafs
Senators vs Bruins

Blackhawks vs Predators
Wild vs Blues

Ducks vs Flames
Oilers vs Sharks
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Old 04-10-2017, 09:08 AM   #78
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Point totals are inflated because of the 3 point games. Teams with excess of 100 points doesn't mean what it used to.

I look forward to the day when each division has 8 teams. The top 4 teams in each division would make it. No wildcards.

If you're not top 4 in your division, you can't really complain. First 2 rounds are in the division, then conference championship. While we're at it, bring back the old names too. Smythe, Norris etc.
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Old 04-10-2017, 09:10 AM   #79
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Unfair and archaic?
The is no regular season in any professional sport anywhere on the planet that assigns a different value or weight on any game at any point in the season.

There have been several interesting and perhaps better alternatives to current, but this suggestion is absolutely nonsense.
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Which were...?

Expanding the playoff format to include more teams. It could mean giving the top seed in each conference a first round bye and adding two league-wide wildcard spots.

I would actually take it farther than that if it were up to me. Before you scoff at the idea of a larger playoff format, go ask the NCAA how 'horribly' their large playoff basketball format has been working out for them.


Well 68 teams make March Madness out of 347 total division 1 teams or 19.5%.

In the NHL 16 teams make the playoffs out of soon to be 31 total teams or 51.6%

So if we're going to follow the NCAA we should be reducing the amount of teams make the playoffs.
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