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[cookinbrak]

NHL plans to return with 24 teams competing for Stanley Cup

 

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In the Eastern Conference, the Boston Bruins (44-14-12, .714 points percentage), Tampa Bay Lightning (43-21-6, .657), Washington Capitals (41-20-8, .652) and Philadelphia Flyers (41-21-7, .645) will each have a bye and play each other once to determine the order of the top four seeds for the first round of the playoffs.

The Eastern Conference Qualifying Round will have four best-of-5 series: the Pittsburgh Penguins (40-23-6, .623) vs. the Montreal Canadiens (31-31-9, .500); the Carolina Hurricanes (38-25-5, .596) vs. the New York Rangers (37-28-5, .564); the New York Islanders (35-23-10, .588) vs. the Florida Panthers (35-26-8, .565); and the Toronto Maple Leafs (36-25-9, .579) vs. the Columbus Blue Jackets (33-22-15, .579).

 

[Anybodyhome]

Not a good way to start- the Canes have played some of their absolute worst hockey of the season against the Rangers. 0-4 while being outscored 17-9. This does not bode well in a 2 out of 3 series.

[t96]

On 6/1/2020 at 1:09 PM, Anybodyhome said:

Not a good way to start- the Canes have played some of their absolute worst hockey of the season against the Rangers. 0-4 while being outscored 17-9. This does not bode well in a 2 out of 3 series.

We were dominated by the Caps and Isles in the regular season last year then smoked them in the playoffs...

 

Especially in covid times with a long layoff I don’t think it matters one bit who we’re playing—all of these series’ are complete toss-ups. I kinda think they should’ve just cancelled the season and worked to have a regular 20-21 season (no fans but 82 game normal schedule and playoffs). They still could but if not this whole thing will probably be pretty ugly hockey. As a sports fan with nothing to watch on tv right now, I’ll be watching it religiously, but I don’t have high expectations...