Drop The Damn Three Seed!

Is it just me, or are there actually other people out there that despise the silly, stupid and dumb conference seedings in the NHL. While I have no problem in allowing a division winner to grab a playoff spot, I do have issue with the 3rd seed in either conference having fewer points than the 4th seed but still being positoned higher in the standings!

Beer leagues across Canada and the US do a better job organizing teams, heck even ten-year old kids on their PC's could come up with a better way of getting this kind of lacklustre job done right. And Mr. Bettman wonders why he plays second fiddle to the likes of the PBA, NASCAR and other highly acclaimed sports in the states.

And while this may seem like small potatoes to some, it's just a symbol of the state of the NHL. It's the little things that matter when it comes to big business. The PGA would never grant a golf title to a golfer who has the same stroke total as his counterpart, but took two more putts. The PBA would never award a title to a bowler who lost a match but had three more strikers than his opponent. So how the hell can the NHL give a division winner a 3rd seed despite having fewer points than the 4th place team.

The solution is simple, one conference, eight teams qualify...seeded by POINT TOTALS!!!! So while each division winner gets in, you get seeded by your overall points. What a novel idea...I mean using points as a sorting convention. Now maybe I'm too hard on the NHL, maybe the guy who runs this part of the league has a headache, or his hard drive crashed or maybe it's those other loonie ideas such as the new bigger net that has caused Mr. Bettman and his league directors to forget about fixing the small things.

Congrats to the Northwest and Southeast Divisions...enjoy your three-holes and my condolences to Pittsburgh, Nashville and maybe even Detroit...your 100 points may only be good enough for 4th.