“If we get back it will be exciting and competitive and very, very compelling.” Flames GM Brad Treliving believes the NHL's proposed return-to-play format is as fair as it could be, given the circumstances. (EricFrancis)
At last word the NHLPA executive committee was mulling over okaying the aforementioned format, which would see the top four teams in each conference play one another for seeding, while teams ranked fifth-through-12th in each conference would have a best-of-five play in series to establish the top eight on each side.
The proposed format would also see four rounds of best of sevens, which would get Treliving’s approval. “Whoever wins this will be just as happy and just as proud for whatever format they’ll have to go through. Is it going to be unique? Sure. But everyone is going to have an opportunity to participate in the format and be successful in it.”
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