That isn't necessarily true with this format
by wearendhockey (2018-04-30 09:48:46)

In reply to: Wasn't it also because they wanted more divisions  posted by G.K.Chesterton


They could theoretically have 3 divisions represented in each conference's second round under the previous format and now that there are only 2 divisions, the most you could have is two. I suppose in the old way of seeding the playoffs you could have had one division in the second round, so all in all that's kind of a wash.