Fansided · Mar 31, 2020
Colorado Avalanche: Considering a 24-Team Playoff Scenario
The Colorado Avalanche could benefit from a 24-team playoff scenario. Or it could make them have to wait too long to get re-started.
The Colorado Avalanche and entire NHL are in Day 19 of the season pause. The league is still exploring scenarios that would allow it to meaningfully award the Stanley Cup this season.
One scenario that’s been floated out in the last week is a 24-team playoffs instead of the usual 16. The rationale is that there are two teams at least per division who technically have a chance to make a wild card berth.
Right now in the Western Conference, the six teams who are in a battle for the two wild card berths are as follows: