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Opinion
If it makes no sense to you that the Winnipeg Jets’ reward for finishing second overall in the NHL regular-season standings is that they have to play the only team in the entire league that finished higher than them in the second round of these Stanley Cup playoffs, well, you’re not the only one.
The NHL playoff format is profoundly stupid on a lot of different levels and the Jets are getting screwed more than anyone this year.
Think about it: The only tangible benefit the Jets received for putting up a club record 114 points in the regular season and finishing second behind only the Predators is that it guaranteed that they would have home-ice advantage in all four rounds of the playoffs, with one exception: a series against Nashville.