Well, only in the pretend world of the NHL, where they insist concussions don't cause CTE in the exact same way that smoking cigarettes does not necessarily lead to lung cancer, a win in 3-on-3 OT is worth the same as a win in regulation, and a loss in extra time--hocus pocus--is in reality a tie, would you have the 6th and 7th seeds playing each other in the 1st round.

This is necessitated since it is written in the stars that the 2nd and 3rd seeds must also play each other 1st round.

So, no offence, Ott beat another over coached nobody.

This is a league that plays not 1, but sometimes 2 national at hems before games involving teams representing cities while waving away participation in the Olympics as inconvenient.

NYR, next opponent, if they can beat Vos Canadiens, should also be able to handle Ott, Karlsson being the wild card.