Rumor: According to Dmitri Chesnokov

[NSH615]

First round stays within division.

We would have taken Dallas's place. Dallas played the Ducks.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

First round stays within division.

Not when there's 5 from one division and 3 from the other. Remember, Stars are in our division, not the Pacific. That would have been us against the Ducks if we'd made it in.