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Posted: Sat Jul 20th, 2013 02:42 am |
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Boy - the Playoff format this year is pretty damn confusing. - 8 teams from each Conference will make the Playoffs so that hasn't changed but everything else certainly has. - the top 3 teams from each Division will be seeded 1 to 3 based on their point totals - the next 2 teams will be Wild Card teams and can come from either Division. The Wild Card team with the fewest points will automatically play the team with the highest points regardless of Division. Lets use the Eastern Conference as an example and I will just assign a point total to each team: Atlantic Division Boston Bruins - 100 points Buffalo Sabres - 95 points Detroit Red Wings - 90 points Florida Panthers - 85 points Montreal Canadiens - 80 points Ottawa Senators - 75 points Tampa Bay Lightning - 70 points Toronto Maple Leafs Metropolitan Division Carolina Hurricanes - 99 points Columbus Blue Jackets - 94 points New Jersey Devils - 89 points New York Islanders - 84 points New York Rangers - 79 points Philadelphia Flyers - 74 points Pittsburgh Penguins - 69 points Washington Capitals - 64 points So based on those point totals the 1st round in the Eastern Conference will look like this: Atlantic Division (1 ) Boston vs ( 8 ) NY Islanders ( lower ranked Wild Card team ) ( 2 ) Buffalo vs ( 3 ) Detroit Metropolitan Division ( 1 ) Carolina ) vs ( 7 ) Florida ( higher ranked Wild Card team ) ( 2 ) Columbus vs ( 3 ) New Jersey Eventually the team that comes out of the Atlantic Division will play the team that comes out of the Metropolitan Division. The winner of this series will be the Eastern Conference Champion and play in the Stanley Cup Final.
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