As we wait for more Syracuse Orange sports news, we’re also taking a look at the pro sports starting back this week. Today it’s the NHL, which kicks off The Stanley Cup Playoffs in the most NHL fashion this weekend. If you need a team to follow, we want to give you a good recommendation.
In case you haven’t been following along, the NHL has established two bubble locations: Eastern Conference teams are in Toronto, Ont. while Western Conference teams are in Edmonton, Alta. The playoffs were expanded from 16 teams to 24 teams with the top four teams in each conference playing a round-robin to determine seeding and the other eight teams facing off in “qualifying rounds”.