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Colorado Avalanche: Considering a 24-Team Playoff Scenario

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:

  1. Winnipeg Jets: 37-28-6, 80 points, 71 games played
  2. Nashville Predators: 35-26-8, 78 points, 69 games played
  3. Vancouver Canucks: 36-27-6, 78 points, 69 games played
  4. Minnesota Wild: 35-27-7, 77 points, 69 games played
  5. Arizona Coyotes: 33-29-8, 74 points, 70 games played
  6. Chicago Blackhawks: 32-30-8, 72 points, 70 games played

Winnipeg and Nashville currently hold the two wild card spots.