Kronwall's Reasoning For NHLPA's Rejection - I Agree

Kronner talked to the great James Mirtle today regarding the NHLPA's decision to reject the realignment proposal from the NHL. It turns out that his issues with the new alignment are the same issues that I had a few weeks ago: Wings' NHLPA rep Nik Kronwall says unfairness of playoff format was a big part of what he didn't like about the proposed realignment. I might be in the miniority here, but I completely agree with the NHLPA here. And their rejection gives me a new reason why I think this would never work out. Hit the jump for more reasons why, plus an idea. Many players have a bonus relating to whether or not they make the playoffs. If this is the case, wouldn't players naturally gravitate towards teams where it's easier to make the playoffs? If you had the choice between Carolina or the Blue Jackets, both bad teams but roughly equal on other levels, yet you knew that the Blue Jackets had to beat out one more team to make the playoffs than Caroli...