An overtime win over the Florida Panthers on Saturday gave the Boston Bruins a 5 point cushion atop the Atlantic Division with 4 games to go. Their reward will likely be a first round match with the Tampa Bay Lightning instead of one of the lesser teams ion the Eastern Conference. That's because the current Stanley Cup Playoffs format is built to develop divisional rivalries instead of rewarding the top teams with favorable matches, and they need to revert back to the old 1-8 seeding..