[...]The worst format was what the NHL did to the Capitals in 2000. Old Chelsea can provide more specific details, but basically, the owners of Pittsburgh's arena booked a dance contest that would interfere with the playoff schedule, so the league forced the #2 seeded Capitals to play a 1–2–2–1–1 format with games 1, 4, 5, and 7 in Washington. What made it all the more obnoxious is that the dance contest was promptly cancelled once the screw-job schedule was in place.[...]
Quite right, unfortunately...my first playoff series following starting my season ticket, and it seemed to set a pattern....
