I’ve already talked about what a 24-team playoff format means for the Carolina Hurricanes. I’ve run through the different scenarios from the most likely scenario to the most insane and fun ones.
But I wrote all that before we had a two-month hiatus from the sport. Before Coronavirus spread across the world, destroying all in its path. Before the concept of playoffs without fans was the most likely course of action. Before we knew just how much our world would be turned upside down.
Now it looks like a 24 team playoff is getting to be more and more of a reality:
Again, tough to handicap at this point whether a format gets agreed upon this week or not but definite progress.