data.3news-bydate.test.rec.sport.hockey.53586 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Christopher Stevan Downey)
Subject: Re: This Year's vs. Next Year's Playoffs
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Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
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Let's fill in some winners here:
|>
|> Well, since someone probably wanted to know, here's this year's playoff
|> matchups on the left, and what the matchups would be next year under the
|> new alignment and playoff-matchup rules. The same 16 teams make the playoffs
|> under next year's rules, and three of the first round matchups are the same
|> (QUE-MTL, CHI-STL, VAN-WIN).
|>
|> PIT --+ +-- CHI | PIT --+ +-- CHI
|> +PIT+ +CHI+ | +---+ +---+
|> NJ --+ | | +-- STL | BUF --+ | | +-- STL
|> +NYI+ +DET+ | +---+ +---+
|> WAS --+ | | | | +-- DET | QUE --+ | | | | +-- TOR
|> +NYI+ | | +DET+ | +---+ | | +---+
|> NYI --+ | *BOS*| +-- TOR | MTL --+ | | +-- CAL
|> +------+ | +------+
|> BOS --+ | DET | +-- VAN | WAS --+ | | +-- VAN
|> +BOS+ | | +VAN+ | +---+ | | +---+
|> BUF --+ | | | | +-- WIN | NJ --+ | | | | +-- WIN
|> +BOS+ +VAN+ | +---+ +---+
|> QUE --+ | | +-- CAL | BOS --+ | | +-- DET
|> +QUE+ +CAL+ | +---+ +---+
|> MTL --+ +-- LA | NYI --+ +-- LA
|>
Just my thoughts,
Chris
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