One of the worries about the Play-In Round for the Stanley Cup Playoffs was the optics of it in regards to respective franchises. A general manager’s tenure with an organization is judged based on the number of championships they can bring in their run. If not championships, it comes down to playoff appearances and how long each has been. Marc Bergevin hasn’t brought Stanley to the Montreal Canadiens, and the deepest the team has gotten to was the Eastern Conference Final in 2014.
We keep track of those things as it’s part of the general manager’s resume.