Hey hi. So an "awesome" thing occurred where nobody on the simmer team seems to have realized that the Wildcard was added to the E and that the playoff seeding format had changed. Well I can't speak for Bek but it's his off-season and he hasn't done VHLE ever I don't think so it wasn't on him anyways. Due to this, we cannot add the Wildcard round to the index, and stats from the Wildcard round won't show up in the official playoff index after it is played.
If you want the STHS explanation, under this new format the E should only have one division, however it currently still has two in the index. This can only be changed before a season is started in STHS. While we have two divisions STHS will only hard allow us 2, 4, 6, or 8 teams qualifying for playoffs. So there is no way for us to have the Wildcard play out properly in the index as we would normal. This will be fixed for next season when the index is created correctly.
Now what does this mean for you our @VHLE GM specifically the teams that would make the playoffs in this new playoff format. Well simple, the two teams who would be playing a best of 3 in the Wildcard, in this case the Stockholm Vikings and Vasteras Iron Eagles will be simmed in an Exhibition series. The winner of that Best of 3 will go on to play the overall #1 seed the Oslo Storm; as well as Bratislava Watchmen playing the Cologne Express in the second round. For the Wildcard round both Vasteras and Stockholm GM's can feel free to send line via the portal but you won't have an accurate league file to pull, so just use the end of regular seasons.
The Rome Gladiators who would have made the playoffs under old conditions this season have in fact missed the playoffs, as with a Wildcard round crossover is in full effect. Sorry for the confusion and the mishap that occurred.