Lightsol
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- Aug 2, 2005
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Has everyone forgotten that the 1-8 format was only brought into the NHL in 1994? For most of the 80's and the early 90's it was division-based, as now, except no wildcards. It's why the Leafs didn't have a prolonged playoff drought in the 80's; they were bad enough for it, but a playoff birth only required beating out one other team.