I took all the playoff teams, complete with record and points, and stacked them all up 1-16. Using only points to organize them, this is what a 16 team bracket would look like (Note- East is Red, and West is Blue, like the All Star game) :
1 (1E) Capitals 54-15-13 = 121
16 (8E) Canadians 39-33-10 = 88
2 (1W) Sharks 51-20-11 = 113
15 (7E) Flyers 41-35-6 = 88
3 (2W) Blackhawks 52-22-8 = 112
14 (6E) Bruins 39-30-13 = 91
4 (4W) Coyotes 50-25-7 = 107
13 (5E) Senators 44-32-6 = 94
5 (3W) Canucks 49-28-5 = 103
12 (8W) Avalanche 43-30-9 = 95
6 (2E) Devils 48-27-7 = 103
11 (3E) Sabres 45-27-10 = 100
7 (5W) Red Wings 44-24-14 = 102
10 (7W) Predators 47-29-6 = 100
8 (4E) Penguins 47-28-7 = 101
9 (6W) Kings 46-27-9 = 101
Key points to think about:
- Only one matchup would remain the same. Washington would get Montreal one way or the other.
- Of the 8 top seeds, only 3 would be LEastern conference teams.
- 5 of the 6 bottom seeds are LEastern.
- The West's worst team (Colorado) gets the 12 seed.
- The 6th best team in the league (New Jersey) is your second best team in the LEastern conference.
- 3 of the 4 inter-conference match ups have a Western conference as the top seed.
- In the case of Los Angeles and Pittsburgh (the only inter-conference match up with the LEast on top) they have the same amount of points, but Pittsburgh has 1 (ONE) more win.
- The 3 seed in the LEast (Buffalo) wouldn't even have home ice advantage.
- The average point total for a Western conference playoff team is 104.125.
- The average point total for a LEastern conference playoff team is 98.25.
- Take Washington's 121 points out of the mix, and the remaining 7 teams in the LEast average 95.
- The West averages 102.86 points without their top team.(Well, it's actually 102.85714285714285714285714285714)
- 7 of 8 Western teams have 100+ points.
- 4 of 8 LEastern teams have 100+ points.
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