How Many Teams Make Playoffs? 2 or 4 - Vote Here

[ImporterExporter]

Pretty simple.

Vote for how many teams you think should make the ATD playoffs after we are done with the regular season voting.

2 teams per division would make it a 16 team playoff format.

4 teams per division would make it 32 teams.

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[VanIslander]

This sucks.

 

[ImporterExporter]

Why?

Everyone gets a say as it should be. We'll go with the version that has the most votes.

Honestly, if the ATD had a better track record of seeing upsets happen, 4 teams would make sense. But I just don't understand the need for a 1 vs 4 when I don't think a 4 has ever beaten a 1.

What is the point of having an extra round if the match ups are all just doing to be decided in the direction of the team seeded #1. Because that's how the ATD has gone over the many years. Why would a person vote a team #1 this weekend for regular season and then turn around next week and vote for the team they seeded 4th over the team they put #1?

Like i said, I'm more than happy to run this at 4 teams per division. I just want to have a definitive answer.

 

[ImporterExporter]

And frankly I wouldn't have a problem with running a consolation bracket with teams seeded 3 and 4.

We've talked about this before. It would give us a way to include almost all the teams but shorten the overall length of the playoff process.

 

[VanIslander]

And frankly I wouldn't have a problem with running a consolation bracket with teams seeded 3 and 4.

We've talked about this before. It would give us a way to include almost all the teams but shorten the overall length of the playoff process.

A losers' pool? No thanks.

 

[ImporterExporter]

@ResilientBeast @Theokritos @Johnny Engine

Can one of you sticky this to the top? I have the poll open for 48 hours.

 

[Theokritos]

Can one of you sticky this to the top? I have the poll open for 48 hours.

Done.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

Upsets rarely occur in a 20 team draft, but in a 40 team draft? I wouldn't be surprised to see a 3rd seed come out of a division at all. (4th seed winning is unlikely but did occur many years ago at least twice).

4 teams is best.

Consolation brackets are a waste of time

 

[ChiTownPhilly]

If I wanted to witness a virtually irrelevant opening phase, I'd watch reruns of pool play in the Winter Olympics...

That goes doubly so for the Divisions that contain abandoned positions.

 

[ImporterExporter]

If I wanted to witness a virtually irrelevant opening phase, I'd watch reruns of pool play in the Winter Olympics...

That goes doubly so for the three Divisions that contain abandoned positions.

Another GREAT point.

There are numerous rosters that were constructed well after the fact so I just don't see the point in having a team that got abandoned in round 15 going up against a 1 seed. That's a waste of time IMO.

Again, I'm NOT going to be upset if we do 4 teams. I just want people to vote so we have a consensus. I didn't take over commish duties until well after the draft started so please don't put a target on my back for this process not being ironed out in the first place. It's been a crazy year for everyone and to be frank, I'm glad this ATD happened because it's been an excellent distraction and led me to get back into some serious investigative work.

 

[MadArcand]

I genuinely don't see what's the hurry, so I voted for the 4 team option.

 

[ResilientBeast]

I thought we spent a lot of time arguing this before hand?

 

[Namba 17]

The main question - would people, who voted for 4 teams, vote for the whole playoff?

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

The main question - would people, who voted for 4 teams, vote for the whole playoff?

From my experience tabulating votes (which, granted was 4-5 years ago, I think?), most GMs either stop voting after their team is eliminated, or vote until the end.

 

[VanIslander]

... most GMs either stop voting after their team is eliminated, or vote until the end.

That sounds about right.

Sometimes one is disgusted by the results falling FAAAAR from expectations.

Sometimes one shrugs and admits draft mistakes and sticks around,... why not?

Remember: the draft itself is the cake, the playoffs is just the icing. The point of it all is not to win, but to draft well, to honor and appreciate hockey history through the fun process of drafting.

"Like" this post if you feel me!

 

[ImporterExporter]

And i think we can pretty much shut the door on this.

4 teams it is and to be honest I do like 32 teams as it will provide more time to evaluate rosters and get discussion in hopefully.

Turnout and participation has been fantastic so far and it may just well carry over.

 

[tinyzombies]

The voting is probably widely divergent, so I would vote for 4 teams just to have more accuracy down the road in what teams truly are better.

 

[tinyzombies]

Oops- a bit late I see lol