Last year all these teams were on one side of the playoff bracket. At least all the games will be competitive , the only bad thing is you do not get to play all the teams in your pool so it will come down to the goals against thing which means some teams will be in stall mode which can be very boring lacrosse. They should make a top ranked pool and let top two teams make playoffs out of that pool, that way games are competitive but if you win all your games in top pool at least you are guaranteed making playoffs.