James said:
Temme said:
It's a horrible situation - if we falter at the last hurdle and Sheffield win the league (with Nottingham taking the conference) we will finish 4th seed and draw Belfast.
We'd be seeded third surely? Nottingham wouldn't be seeded above us as the winner of the league would be in our conference.
Extracted from elite website:
The Elite League champions will be seeded number one for the playoffs, while the second seed will be the winner of the Conference that does not produce the league winner.
The remaining six playoff spots will be taken in order from the final Elite League table.
In the event of the league title winner not winning their Conference, the order will be as follows.
The number-one seed will still be the Elite League winners with the two Conference winners taking seeds two and three (higher rank determined by their league position).
Seeds four to eight will then be determined by the Elite League table.
Quarter-finals will follow the usual match-ups over two legs with seed one facing eight, two against seven, three versus six and four playing five.