We now turn our focus to the Atlantic Division. These matchups see the top seed Canadiens playing the first Wild Card Rangers and the second seeded Senators going up against the third seeded Bruins.
I personally don’t want any of these four teams to play for the Cup, but let’s take a more objective view.
The New York Rangers spent the last month or so of the season, how shall we say, attempting to massage their record so they could jump to the Atlantic instead of staying in the Metro. With the Metro being so strong, this made a lot of sense, but it could be a case of “be careful what you wish for.