And with those final two game as well as the fact that the NA conference was stronger here is the VHL's end of season Strength of Schedule
So I get the argument for crossover, personally I somewhat agree. But the argument can also be made that then Toronto should be in the playoffs too. But by virtue of being the worst in their respective conference Toronto and Davos sit at the hardest schedules in each conference. Vancouver is a weird outlier thanks to an extra game vs Moscow. Yes, NY got short sticked and had to play Calgary two extra times but also Riga who had one of the easiest schedules finished 8th in the league.
From first to last there is a variation of 0.31 while this seems like a huge margin, realise the league win %'s vary by .271. Even removing Davos then its .181. Will teams get slightly shafted each season? Yes. Is this a massive problem? Not really. Do I think the crossover should be re-implemented? That depends on how long the league intends to stay at 12 teams.