Drumroll, please……
Your 2012 Stanley Cup playoff contenders -
* will need until game 82 to decide their playoff positioning
italics indicates team was not in 2011 playoff field
EAST
Rangers
Bruins
Panthers *
Penguins
Flyers
Devils
Senators *
Capitals *
WEST
Canucks
Blues *
Kings *
Predators *
Red Wings *
Blackhawks *
Coyotes *
Sharks *
Amazing: 3 new teams in the East; just 1 in the West.
Capitals barely snuck in due to end-of-season surge. Dallas was strong all season, only to be eliminated at the very end of the year - again. Should be another interesting year next season, but right now…. who else is counting down to the newest HNIC trailer?
Updated - thanks Sean, yes, correct, Blues* still have a game in hand over Canucks.
