[Tsawwassen]

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

The East could have some great rivalry matches, especially in the 2nd round. Hopefully the wildcards remain in their own divisions.

FLA vs. TBL ideally

PIT vs. WAS in the MET, but really any permutation of those 4 will be fun.


I feel like the West is unlikely to have many strong rivalries...

VGK swept LAK 4 years ago. LAK and EDM haven't met since 1992. VGK/EDM never.

CGY/NAS never. CGY/DAL just once 2 years ago. CGY/COL just once 3 years ago. CGY/MIN or STL never.

COL/NAS once 4 years ago. COL/DAL went to 7 two years ago, and had two 7 game Conf. Finals in the Sakic/Modano days...COL/MIN a few times; most recently 2014. COL swept STL last year, otherwise once in 2001. COL/VGK would be a rematch of last year's 6 game series, but of course VGK isn't making the conf. finals this year.

MIN/STL have only played twice in 2015 and 2017.

I'm on the opposite end of the wildcards in the east. I sure hope both wildcards are crossovers.

There has been COL/EDM (1997 and 1998) and COL/LAK (2001 and 2002).

New rivalries would be good too for variety.