Scotties. Can We Please Change the Rules this Year?

Because it is always possible for a weak team to beat a strong team in curling, no matter how unlikely, in the 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, we could possibly see a team with a mediocre 6W - 5L record knock a strong team with a 9W-2L record out of the playoffs. That would be a travesty. Can we please change the rules this year and just have the 2nd and 3rd place finishers play off to see who faces the number one finisher for the championship?

I know such a rule change would be just as much of a travesty, but I'd sure hate to see 6-5 team knock out one of the top three.

If NL and Alberta Each Lose

As we go into the 3pm 16th draw of the 2007 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, we can see that the only way we will get a mass of play-off possibilities is if both Alberta and Newfoundland/Labrador lose at least one game each, so there would be no teams left with just four losses. If that were to happen, the maximum possible number of teams ending round-robin play with five losses is five -- wouldn't that be fun!!!

Update: Well, they weren't supposed to lose this afternoon. Now with BC playing Alberta and NL playing Ontario this evening, even though there are five teams with 5-5 records, at most only three (and at least two) teams will be tied for "the fourth and final play-off spot".