It's the coolest time of year to be a hockey fan.
The playoffs are in full swing. Each shift is important. Every game is significant.
But it's not for everybody.
Unfortunately for fans in 15 of the NHL's current cities—and for the time being in new 2021-22 entry Seattle—the postseason party invites were sent out without their addresses.
Still, that doesn't mean there isn't work to be done.
Executives with the teams outside the top four in each of this season's reconfigured divisions are still busy, doing whatever they can to make sure they're not among the outside-looking-in crowd this time next year.