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Why Carolina is afraid of the Rangers

The format for the resumption of the NHL season has been determined and something very interesting happened along the way. The New York Rangers will play the Hurricanes and that was a match up that Carolina did not want.

The report is that the vote of the NHLPA on the 24 team playoff format was 29-2 with two teams opposed to the expanded playoff. While it had been expected that the Pittsburgh Penguins would vote against it, they ended up going with the vast majority of teams and it was the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Carolina Hurricanes who were the no votes.