A proposed playoff format for when hockey resumes following the pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic could see the Calgary Flames and the Winnipeg Jets square off in the first round.
The format, which would see eight teams get a bye and 16 teams battle it out in a best-of-three play-in, is rumoured to be favourd by NHL front offices, Sportsnet’s Chris Johnston reported.
Those initial games could be held across four days in a fashion similar to how the NHL began the 1978 Stanley Cup Playoffs and set the matchups for Round 1.