Sidney Crosby advocated for the old NHL playoff format.


From 1993 to 2013, the system was in place where the first-place team in the conference played the eighth seed in the first round, the second-ranked team played the seventh seed, and so on.


Since 2013, a wild card zone was introduced to determine the opponents of the division leaders, and the second and third teams from the same division began to play among themselves.


In particular, because of this formula, Toronto (3rd place in the conference) and Tampa (shared 4th-5th place with the Rangers) played in the first round of the last playoffs.


I like the 1-8 system because with such a difficult regular season, the leaders need to be rewarded.


This is probably the best way to provide such rewards, although there is not much difference. "I like the old scheme a little better, " the Pittsburgh captain said.
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