Looking at how teams were playing before the NHL shutdown, AndrewBerkshire reviewed the matchups of the proposed 24-team playoff — and spotted winners, losers and a dark horse.
It’s starting to look like the NHL is inching closer to settling on its plan for a return to play format, and the leading idea on how to resume the season and settle the disparity between points percentage and standings position is to involve a whopping 24 teams, with a play-in round to make the usual 16 teams competing in the playoffs.
The biggest winners of this play-in format by far are the top-four teams in each conference. Boston, Tampa Bay, Washington, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Colorado, Vegas, and Dallas all earned their positions during the season so it makes sense they benefit the most, but not only are they getting the best seeding, no matter what all their potential opponents will face an extra round of attrition.
In their opponents, the Wild would find a Canucks team that was brilliant to start the season but has had weaknesses exposed over the course of the year, including a league-worst rush chance differential that would give the Wild a specific area to focus on and exploit.
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