Take away the point and see where they would stand

Like a lot of you out there, I totally dislike the NHL’s point system and seeding process. So I eliminated the point the for the OT/SO loss, and seeded the teams according to points, and not divisions. In this demonstration, I used the league’s last tie breaking process, goals for and goal against difference.

So this what the Eastern conference would look like.

	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA	DIFF
Ottawa	61	35	20	6	70	206	180	26
New Jersey	61	35	21	5	70	164	145	19
Pittsburgh	61	35	21	5	70	182	165	17
Montreal	62	33	20	9	66	196	177	19
Boston	60	31	23	6	62	160	164	-4
Carolina	64	31	28	5	62	188	204	-16
Buffalo	61	30	23	8	60	182	170	12
Philadelphia	61	30	25	6	60	187	177	10
Rangers	62	30	24	8	60	157	155	2
Islanders	62	30	25	7	60	154	176	-22
Washington	61	28	26	7	56	173	188	-15
Atlanta	62	29	29	4	58	168	200	-32
Florida	63	27	29	7	54	173	183	-10
Tampa Bay	61	25	29	7	50	174	198	-24
Toronto	62	25	28	9	50	169	199	-30

And the Western Conference

	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA	DIFF
Detroit	62	42	15	5	84	199	136	63
Dallas	64	37	22	6	74	185	158	27
Minnesota	61	34	22	5	68	169	166	3
Anaheim	64	34	22	7	68	159	159	0
San Jose	61	32	21	8	64	159	150	9
Nashville	63	32	23	8	64	183	175	8
Vancouver	61	31	22	8	62	163	156	7
Phoenix	61	31	26	4	62	169	168	1
Calgary	61	31	22	8	62	177	177	0
Colorado	61	30	25	6	60	167	169	-2
St-Louis	60	28	23	9	56	158	159	-1
Colombus	63	28	26	9	56	153	166	-13
Chicago	60	28	26	6	56	169	169	0
Edmonton	61	27	29	5	54	164	183	-19
Los Angeles	63	26	34	3	52	181	206	-25

Let’s have a little more fun with this, let’s see what match-ups we would have in the first round, according to the tables above.

First round in the East :

Philadelphia-Ottawa

Buffalo-New Jersey

Carolina-Pittsburgh

Boston-Montreal

(what would spring be without a playoff series between those two.)

West:

Phoenix-Detroit

Vancouver-Dallas

Nashville-Minnesota

San Jose-Anaheim

Let’s take a look at what the match-ups we would see under the league’s actual system.

East:

Rangers-Senators

Buffalo-New Jersey

Boston-Carolina

Montreal-Pittsburgh

West :

Calgary-Detroit

Vancouver-Dallas

Nashville-Minnesota

San Jose-Anaheim