Under the NHL's current format, 16 -- or more than half of the league's 31 teams -- qualify for the playoffs each season. According to a report by The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun, there is a consensus among general managers that "it makes more sense than ever to increase the pool of teams who get in." So we asked our roundtable of experts:
Greg Wyshynski, senior writer: No! (I'll save you the anguish of having to scroll through my cutting and pasting that answer several thousand times, but let it be known that the point is made that emphatically.