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Originally Posted by franktko
From the article (Google translate)
Between 1981 and 1993, teams in the same division competed in the first rounds before the winner of each division was in the conference semifinal.
An Association classification-based formula was introduced from 1993-1994 and the first club in each association faced the eighth ranked team.
The current format was put in place in 2013. NHL number two, Bill Daly, acknowledged last year that it was not perfect.
"Some people think it can be unfair in some cases, but general managers like clashes between clubs in the same division," he said on Sirius XM in April. We will see if the unique situation of this spring (2017) will be repeated or not and if we will have to review the formula. "
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I remember the days of the Snorris division. It was terrible. If they are going to do this crap, then I propose the first round is divisional and then reseed.
Top three teams plus one extra is the divisional round (figure out some manner and then just reseed after the first round into the real draw.) It is possible if there are three great teams in one division for it to be poor, but reseeding after the first round will ensure that if 1 and 2 are in the same division they won't be playing each other in the second round.
It's not rocket science.
I'd actually rather just seed the teams 1-16 throughout the entire league and go at it.
Tampa Bay / Dallas
Boston / Montreal
Calgary / St. Louis
San Jose / Columbus
Toronto / Vegas
Washington / Carolina
NY Islanders / Nashville
Winnipeg / Pittsburgh
That would be interesting and we're still seeing some "rivalry" games while making some new rivalries along the way. If you want to evenly weight the conferences you can pick the to-8 from each and then rank them by points into 1 to 16.