1. The Carolina Hurricanes moved from Connecticut to North Carolina for the 1997-98 season (one that you may recall ended with the Caps in the Stanley Cup Final). After playing one legacy season in the Northeast Division, the ‘Canes were reassigned to the newly-created Southeast Division, along with Washington, Florida and Tampa Bay, and the Caps and ‘Canes have been division rivals ever since, riding out that sweet Southeast wave and on into the current Metropolitan Division alignment. And yet, somehow this is the first time the two will face each other (either as Carolina or Hartford, for that matter) in the post season.
The Narrative: A First Time for Everything, Quantity vs. Quality (?) and The GOAT
