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Originally Posted by EagleFan
For years there were divisions with more teams than others when the top 4 in each division made the playoffs (some had 5 and some had 6) but there wasn't any crying about it then.
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There wasn't much crying because 16 of 21 teams made the playoffs. Half a dozen teams were already unworthy and playing.
The realignment setup is stupid. Following the Sharks, I tend to have only a cursory idea of what's happening in the Eastern Conference because they play almost no role in what happens in the West. Most people I know are much the same, regardless of conference. The new setup cuts the # of teams that do so in half yet again.
Makes it like baseball, where if the Tigers or another Central division team aren't on the national telecast, I don't watch or care.