The NHL has done something that's alluded Major League Baseball.

The League and the NHL Players' Association have agreed on a format that will be used if the 2019-20 season can resume.

Twenty-four teams would make the playoffs with the top four in the Western and Eastern Conferences play separate round-robin tournaments to determine playoff seeding.

The other eight teams in each conference would play a best-of-five qualifying series to determine the 16 clubs that would advance.

Under this plan both the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers would be in.

 

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