The NHL has had a 16-team playoff format since 1980, but some owners want to see an expanded playoff in a league that now has 31 teams and will add Seattle as a 32nd team in 2021. The NHL had 21 teams in the 1979-80 season when the league first had a 16-team playoff.
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