How about we keep talking over one another.

The fact Calgary was able to sneak out of the wildcard as a team that would have been eliminated without it demonstrates it can be a good idea. I think dropping it to three games for an added little spice to the playoffs would be good (instead of a ton of teams getting no playoff fun at all compared to two expansions ago) and keep the playoffs going strong.

Also I feel like people complained about the length of the playoffs before this was even implemented, so it isn't like removing the wild card is actually going to satisfy the league. Even if we went to strictly the top team in each conference plays for the Cup then people would still be mad the playoffs are dragging.