dukeofjive
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You’d think that a league that’s trying to be taken seriously would have a playoff format where the top teams at the end of regular season would not meet each other in the 1st round.
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Golden_Jet
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Not easy to do when 10 of the top 12 ranked teams were from the east.
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It's remarkable how many "great teams" can't cut the mustard in the playoffs due to the format
Golden_Jet
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and the top regular season team in the NHL got swept by a team from the worst division lol, in which none of the Pacific teams would of even made the playoffs in the east.
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Great, another thread complaining because the team you wanted to see in the conference final wasn’t good enough to make it
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Since they moved to these divisions...each division has made the Conference Finals(I only looked at the ECF bc well....time) every single year. Yeah...really dumb.
Very well? Since it's happened 0%...yeah...very well...what does that equal out in actual odds of happening? Right now it is zero %.
Dumb? Very well! LOLOLOLOL
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Except that it's never happened...at least on the EASTERN side...zero %...basically you'd be dropping the 8th over to the other side.
SMDH. Come on...GMAFB...
I flipped a coin 5 times and got 5 heads. I guess the chance of tails is 0%!
Golden_Jet
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Nice you agree then it’s not a GUARANTEE, we can all move on .
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Yeah but haven't you thought about how unfair it is that big market teams don't get preferential treatment?!
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Sorry...but my point remains that Bettman artificially created a playoff bracket where right now...100% of the time each division will be represented in the conference finals. My argument is simple...go back to 1-8 with only reg season division winners getting the first 2 slots. After that...by record. Is that too much to ask?
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Some want divisional format back
Some want 1-8 with top team in each division 1-2 seeding
Current format is a hybrid of the 2 with the 2/3 divisional teams playing each other.
Then you get 1v8 and 2v7.
Unfortunately can’t make everyone happy, no matter which of the 3 it is.
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just out of curiosity...what other sport does this?
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CupsOverCash
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And after 8 team are elimaneted it should be 8 best teams remaining. Of course all top seeds doesn't make it and I don't think anyone is saying they should. If the 8th seed upsets yhe 1st seed they were in fact the better team. If you think it's good that 7th or 8th seed in the east was guaranteed to make it to the 2nd round is up to you. I don't think a lot of people would agree with you.
Of course the is a money making aspect to the regular season but to say it's irrelevant to playoffs is complete nonsense to me. If that was the case why not use a lottery system to see who makes the PO and the seedings.
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I want 1 to 16 and 1 picks their opponent, 2 then picks...etc etc etc.
Then we re-set by points and 1 picks, then 2 picks etc
you get the picture
Then we re-set by points and 1 picks, then 2 picks etc
you get the picture
They did it in 1980 and 1981, the Rangers and Kings even played a 1st round series. I can't imagine it actually happening nowadays either though, which is a shame.
Rarely has it ever been the first and second seed in the finals or the top 4 in the CF so my point is the system they use is ultimately irrelevant.
You and others are m seeking scenarios thst are just highly unlikely regardless of whst system they use
It's ultimately irrelevant because of my aforementioned point: the PO are short series and as such more randomness is at play so seeding isn't a guarantee of PO success. And I was also speaking to the 82 gsmes, the excessive length of the schedule not the RS per se. Trying to create a PO system to justify the six month season is a lost cause as there is absolutely nothing that can justify it.
The scenario I used literally happened this year. But it's okay if you think this system is good. I was just answering someone asking why people are complaining about it.
There's a reason that only lasted two years, and having series' like the Rangers and Kings is a big part of it. No one wanted to spend the money and time travelling for a first round matchup.
