One common theme that comes up is that the Montreal Canadiens having success in the post-season makes the regular season meaningless. Because they were 18th in the NHL in points, and now in the final four, what was the point of 56 games?
There are a lot of things wrong with that thought process. First of all, league standings are meaningless in divisional play. Each division has a certain number of points to give out, with three-point games that can add to that total. If a division has a number of good teams, then they’ll have a number of bad teams as well.