- Nov 17, 2011
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I'm not sure where to put this, but there is a very interesting situation brewing in the East right now. I am supposing that Crayton, among others, might chime in here..
Right now, in the east, the Top3 teams are all from the Atlantic, and the next 5 are from the Metro. This is true even when adjusting for the schedule differences between the divisions. (I have an algorithm that does that perfectly - statistics and all, you know.)
As we know, that means the playoff brackets would be:
1/8 and 2/3 in one bracket and,
4/7 and 5/6 in the other.
And, there is something about that which seems unfair.
I have written a long set of criteria which, I thought, fixed every piece of all the possibilities for the playoffs, but this one is so unique that even my long list is unable to handle it.
Personally, I think that the East should just go to 1-8 seeding. That's because everyone is ETZ, and so travel is fine. But, the West can't do that because 3 TZs, etc.
So, how do you write the rules to accommodate this situation and get a 'fair' bracket in the West? And, I know this is a hypothetical discussion, because the NHL will never go to 'different system for East and West' and also because the likely thing is, when they get to 32 teams, that it's going to be 2 rounds in division.
Comments?
Right now, in the east, the Top3 teams are all from the Atlantic, and the next 5 are from the Metro. This is true even when adjusting for the schedule differences between the divisions. (I have an algorithm that does that perfectly - statistics and all, you know.)
As we know, that means the playoff brackets would be:
1/8 and 2/3 in one bracket and,
4/7 and 5/6 in the other.
And, there is something about that which seems unfair.
I have written a long set of criteria which, I thought, fixed every piece of all the possibilities for the playoffs, but this one is so unique that even my long list is unable to handle it.
Personally, I think that the East should just go to 1-8 seeding. That's because everyone is ETZ, and so travel is fine. But, the West can't do that because 3 TZs, etc.
So, how do you write the rules to accommodate this situation and get a 'fair' bracket in the West? And, I know this is a hypothetical discussion, because the NHL will never go to 'different system for East and West' and also because the likely thing is, when they get to 32 teams, that it's going to be 2 rounds in division.
Comments?