Back in 1979, 16 of 21 NHL teams made the playoffs which was 75% of the league. To compare, the NFL had 10 of 28 teams qualify (35%) and MLB was 4 of 26 (15%)
Now, 50% of NHL teams make the playoffs (16 of 32), while NFL is 44% (14 of 32) and MLB is 40% (12 of 30) of the teams.
Hockey is fine.
