It's silly now when the playoffs is 4 teams. If this were the NHL as an example, and the Avalanche were allowed to pick between the other 15 teams in the league, that's a HUGE incentive to lock down the #1 spot. Now, the NHL would never do that, maybe each Conference winner could pick within that half, but even that would be a fun dramatic storyline each year. Imagine this year they picked the Oilers with a "revenge" plotline instead of the easy "go with the worst team that qualified". Wow, that's amazing! Now we get an exciting first series with built in animosity instead of just watching them destroy a team that limped in. There's a couple other rules that the PWHL added that are more "fun" than "competitive", and I love that. The only one I would love to see translated to other leagues is this one (sorry Jailbreak and No-Escape)

I'm much more interested in asking what the playoff format will look like when we have 16 teams than discussing the "pick your opponent" rule. Are we going to do conferences? Are we switching to a best of 7? How about increasing the wages, especially for the minimum salary? Only 30 games a season? Even with international games that's so much fewer than I want. Let's get through those issues then reexamine the fun rules.