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# Back to Excited Episode 175: Don’t expand the playoffs
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/back-to-excited-episode-175-dont-expand-the-playoffs/
- Published: 2022-04-17T14:42:59.000Z
- Updated: 2022-04-17T14:42:59.000Z
- Description: Why a play-in would suck, and non-Atlantic contending teams
- Author: Arvind S
- Tags: Back To Excited, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:01

Welcome to another episode of Back to Excited. Today we discuss:

- Why an NBA-style play-in would be a bad idea in the NHL \[1:30\]
- Some of the Stanley Cup Contenders who are not in the Atlantic division (Carolina, Colorado, Calgary, Minnesota, St. Louis, Edmonton)\[25:20\]/

As always, you can find the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, and anywhere else podcasts are distributed. Let us know what you’d think of an NBA-style play-in tournament in the NHL. And what teams you think are most dangerous, outside of the Atlantic division.

Thanks for listening!