Tomorrow will start the 2015 NHL playoffs but a reality needs to be applied that obscures expectations somewhat as the remaining 16 NHL teams contend for the glory that is Lord Stanley's Cup. The reality is that everything you've learned over the past six months, from October up until April 11th and the regular-season finale is in the history books. Those stories and feats are a past-tense anecdote from an era gone bye-bye. They are over. They are done with and have been rendered moot.
They call the NHL playoffs the "second season" for a reason; this drawn-out elimination tournament can turn everything on its head in a flash.