The Carolina Hurricanes are pissed off at the NHL
Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman provided some more detail of what exactly Carolina was looking for in his 31 thoughts:
A few sources hinted at a 'Carolina plan' setting up the playoffs. The Hurricanes politely declined to share a copy of what was proposed, but I've asked around and got two different ideas. Some of it was submitted directly by the team to the league, some of it via players through the union.
One suggestion: Instead of a play-in round, weight the 12 teams in each conference by the % chance they had to make the final 16. Each team would then play three games, leading to the 'final' regular-season standings. Therefore, instead of Chicago and Montreal getting closer to a 50 per cent chance of making the playoffs, their odds would remain at three per cent and 0.1 per cent, respectively.
A second suggestion was to force their play-in opponent, the Rangers, to win four of the five games. If Carolina won twice in that scenario, the series would have been over and the Hurricanes would have automatically advanced. Both proposals were rejected.
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Hurricanes coach, Rod Brind' Amour had this to say about the format on ESPN on Ice podcast:
I think the bigger issue felt like, and especially our guys, was like 'what was the 68 games we played for?'. What did we grind for? The bulk of the season was completed, and they just threw that out, I think that's how we felt.As it stands right now, the Hurricanes will play the Rangers in the play-in round to advance into the 16-team playoffs.
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