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Independent of the NHL result last night (better team won)...how does the NHL come up with their playoff seedings?

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) May 11 '16, 07:28

not in a "What process" type of way, instead of "How hard is it to make sure the #1 and #2 teams don't meet in the 2nd round?"

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The idea is that they've gone back to something a little like the old divisional rivalries in the 80s - Reagen May 11, 07:31
It's division first and then conference. Same thing happened in the west where the Blues-Hawks were #2 and #3 in the NHL and met in the first round. -- nm - spamlet May 11, 07:31 4
- Right and it sucks. The NBA's figured it out so they don't get this stuff. -- nm - Will Hunting May 11, 07:36 3
  - The NHL did it that way for a while but went back to divisional matchups in the first two rounds. - spamlet May 11, 07:38 2
    - Although this does lead to the situation where if Nashville wins tonight, they are the Pacific division champs. -- nm - Reagen May 11, 07:42 1
      - Now that's just stupid. I can't justify that. -- nm - spamlet May 11, 07:43

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