The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Boston Bruins will play game seven Wednesday night, and the winner has to play Tampa Bay. That means that whoever wins, has to face two of the best six teams in the entire NHL in the first two rounds. Most other teams have a much easier path to the final.
The NHL is a professional sports league.
I shouldn’t have to point that out, but sometimes you wonder.
Given they have had over 100 years to get their playoff formatting down, it’s kind of bizarre that what exists today is a colossal joke.