it does, CrazyEye is right. The rules could be more clear here. If Team A is ahead of Team B in the conference, then Team A is also ahead of Team B in the rankings.True, but relegation is not conference only, you play vs the other conference.In the PO final standing refers to total standings (draft list). The guy with the lowest draft pick (= highest standing) will get HCA. In relegation the nr 6 always has the HCA vs the nr 7 of the other conference, even when the nr 6 got a record of 5-15 and the nr 7 10-10.
If Team A is ahead of Team B in the conference, then Team A is also ahead of Team B in the rankings.