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Originally Posted by will.arnold
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Regular NHL season. The team that won its division is ranked 2nd in standings, but had less points than 2nd place team from other division in its conference. The playoff matchups ended up based on the team points not on their correct standings. The division winner should be seeded 2nd and play the 7th best team in the first round of playoffs.
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You sure? Sounds a lot like the "old" system. Realignment brought this too:
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Seeding of the wild-card teams within each divisional playoff will be determined on the basis of regular-season points. The division winner with the most points in the conference will be matched against the wild-card team with the fewest points; the division winner with the second-most points in the conference will play the wild-card team with the second-fewest points.
The teams finishing second and third in each division will play in the first round of the playoffs. The winners of each opening-round series will play for berths in the conference championship series.
The winners of the conference championships advance to the Stanley Cup Final.
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