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Random unfairness for mediocre teams is part of sports.
It seems this is incorrect. Read the WikiPedia article. The NHL playoffs are almost exactly like the NBA playoffs, except they re-seed in the second round.
Random unfairness for mediocre teams is part of sports.
Then what is the point of conferences?
The problem with seeding East and West together is that an East team's record is inflated and worth less than the same record in the West. This is because East teams play 52 games against East teams and 30 against West teams, while West teams play 52 games against West teams and 30 against East teams. To be fair, you'd have to apply a "strength of schedule" factor to the seeding, like they do in the NCAA tournament. This would lead to probably 5 East teams in the playoffs, and 11 West teams, or maybe 6 and 10. This would be chaotic.
The problem raised that the Western teams in the 9/10/11 spots get to enter the lottery, even though they are stronger than East teams that make the playoffs, is a real one. Maybe they should do away with the current system of "miss the playoffs and you're in the lottery" and just rank teams 1 through 30 based on a strength-of-schedule-adjusted regular season record, and put (say) the bottom 10 in the lottery, rather than the 14 teams who miss the playoffs, giving more chances to the lower ranked teams. That'd get equity going faster.
Determines how many times you play certain teams during the regular season, which dictates your record.
Adjust the lottery system somehow.
WGAF if the East are "penalized" for making the playoffs. It just seems like the East has a few more teams with a couple of dumb GM's. It's stupid to be alarmed about it, because it's cyclical. We're lucky the East has 2 elite teams, and 2 fairly good franchise teams finally.
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