“You’re not gonna score if you don’t hit the net, isnt that what Gretzky says?” -Milbury
Checking with Michael Scott, and no, that’s not quite the quote, Mikey.
The regular season is already damn near meaningless, no harm in extending it another 3-5 games for the 9-24 qualifiers.
We all know Bettman would enjoy the extra income from it - it’s why we are doing it this season.
Yes, but this isn’t 24 teams making the playoffs, only 16/31.
This is more of an extension of the regular season to determine which of the teams 9-24 in a best of 5 series deserve to battle 1-8 for the Cup in actual playoffs.
Seeing seeds 23 and 24 advance in this current experiment has me wondering if the NHL actually accidentally stumbled upon something.