For the fourth consecutive season, the New York Rangers won’t be among the 16 teams participating in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Their struggles against the playoff teams in the MassMutual East Division are the primary reason for that, as the four playoff qualifiers were a notch above them throughout the season. Due to the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the 2020-21 season, the first two rounds of the playoffs will be strictly divisional. Each division will send one team to the semi-finals, at which point geographic considerations are thrown out the window in favor of seeding the teams by regular season performance.
2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs Bandwagon Guide: East Division Edition
