All one needs to do is take a look at what has transpired in the NHL playoffs this season to see why expanded playoffs is a horrific idea.   

 

In BOTH NHL Conferences,  the teams with the top 3 records were eliminated by the end of the second round playoffs.    This coming two years after an L.A. Kings 8th seeded Western Conference team won the Stanley Cup!

 

Basically,  all that matters in the NHL is to be one of the top 8 seeds in the conference your team is in.   In the last two or three weeks of the regular season,  there's practically nothing meaningful for the top teams to play for.  In some cases,  even longer than that.    This is the path the NFL is heading towards if the playoffs are expanded.   Like I've said every time this topic is discussed,  it's a matter of when,  not if,  the NFL will go to 8 playoff teams per conference,  once they decide to go to 7. 

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