Man, those 8:30 (probably more like 8:45) central starts are rough. Looks like Thursday will be a good day to take off. Getting home around midnight not good if get up at 5am.
The Western Conference matchups this year are the same in the first rounds as they would be if they still did the (much fairer to the top teams) 1-8 seeding.
Eastern Conference only the Tampa-Carolina match would stay the same.