With the playoffs right around the corner, there’s been no shortage of people focusing on round-one matchups, as a fair amount of them are all but set in stone. Along with that, there’s been, what I find to be, a really interesting conversation going on around the NHL’s current playoff format, and whether or not it needs to be changed.
Worth repeating how it is a travesty the 3rd place overall (#texashockey) and 5th place overall (#GoAvsGo ) will play each other in the 1st round of the playoffs. 32 teams, 16 playoff teams, and a top 5 team is going to be eliminated first round because of this format.