How many playoff seeds should we have?

I voted 8 teams. I think it makes making the playoffs something specials. We don't have to deal with byes which is nice. It's simple as well.

I also think it makes the draft lottery more fun with more teams!

Can you please explain how the lottery will work?

Okay great. 

So with the NHL, 8 teams from each conference make the playoffs. That's 16/30, or a little more than 50%. The lottery then allows 1 team out of the pool of 14 to win the lottery and pick 1st overall in the upcoming draft.

Why would we reduce the ratio of playoff teams from ~53% to 40% (8/20)? I'd rather go in the opposite direction giving 60% (12/20) of the teams entry into the playoff pool, leaving the worst 8 teams a chance to draft well and even win the lottery. In this scenario, I don't think 2 lottery picks would be needed either, but I could be swayed as I think that's an entirely different discussion too.

I voted for 8 teams, but I think the 1st 3 picks should be lottery, then worst team left gets pick no. 4. I believe this is how the NHL is doing it this coming year.

This is saying a lot coming from somebody who might be towards the bottom of standings.

We can do 3 lottery picks potentially. We can vote on that, after this vote locks.