After years of beating up on the Hurricanes, the New York Rangers will have their hands full as Carolina has become one of the powerhouse teams in the NHL. After nine years of missing the playoffs, they not only made the postseason, they got to the Conference Finals.
The Carolina Hurricanes have one of the most curious playoff histories in the NHL. With Carolina it’s all or nothing. In the last 17 years they have missed the playoffs 13 times. Here’s the curiosity. In the four years they made the playoffs the made it to the Stanley Cup Finals twice and the Conference Finals twice.