I was thinking that we should have a playoff tournament after the season with teams in the same division. For example the top 8 teams from the NHL( Both U.S and Canada), that will be a total of 16 teams.
and then the seeds or format should be 1 vs 8 , 2 vs 7 ,3 vs 6, 4 v 5 etc.
As for lower divisions, it should be the top 4 from Div 2.1, Div 2.2, Div 2.3 etc.
And the countries that have small managers or inactives like Scotland can merge with the rest of Great Britain etc.
Finland,Russia,Sweden also can have their own playof type tournament.