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The six U.S.-based teams have a long history and have hanged the Stanley Cup 27 times.
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Now, they have an unnecessary difference.
The Detroit, Boston, Chicago and the New York Rangers will miss the same year’s playoffs for the first time in NHL history.
The Red Wings have won 11 league titles, won 23 games in Montreal, 13 games in Toronto, and the Canadian franchise won a seat in the playoffs that began Saturday.
Detroit has slowly improved under general manager Steve Yzerman until this year. In 2019, a Hall of Fame player was hired for Tampa Bay and the patience he asked for was running.
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A year after losing the finale in the Eastern Conference, the Red Wings took a step back this season and officially eliminated in Saturday’s playoffs.
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The Blackhawks are the last team in the central division for the third consecutive year and will lead the NHL’s San Jose. Earlier this century, they were the power of the league, starting in 2010-15, with three cups and a total of four.
While no one in Motorcycle City or Big Windy City was shocked by another bland season on the ice, the Rangers and Bruins are expected to be the playoff team.
After winning the Presidential Trophy a year after a NHL-high 114 points and reaching the Eastern Conference Finals, the Rangers hope to improve the Cup for the fifth time in franchise history in more than three decades and for the fifth time. Peter Laviolette’s second season after his New York bench wasn’t out at all, a team that hovered at .500 and was uncontroversial in the final week of the regular season.
Boston started the season with a high hopes season and will end with the fewest points in the Eastern Conference, the first playoff defeat since 2016. The Rebuild Franchise deal last month Brad Marchander last month was the last member of his sixth-time champion team in 2011.
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