Monday's general managers meetings was primarily focused around headshots, mainly stemming from the most recent altercation between Matt Cooke and Marc Savard this past Sunday.
One topic caught my eye, however. A discussion was brought up to change the current structure for the playoffs.
Instead of having the division winners, and then the next top-five teams from each conference making the postseason, it was discussed to have the top-seven teams from each conference make the postseason.
The remaining eight teams from each conference would then play in a qualification round with single-game eliminations.
In other words, if the season ended today this is what the Eastern Conference would look like heading into the playoffs:
1. Washington
2. Pittsburgh
3. Buffalo
4. New Jersey
5. Ottawa
6. P ...
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Article written by Frank Castaldi
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