There will be new divisions in the NHL for the 2013-14 season, and the moves directly affect the New York Rangers.
The Atlantic Division will add the Washington Capitals, the Carolina Hurricanes and the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The playoffs will now work like this, according to Dan Rosen of NHL.com:
The top three teams in each division will make up the first 12 teams in the playoffs. The remaining four spots will be filled by the next two highest-placed finishers in each conference, based on regular-season points and regardless of division. It will be possible, then, for one division to send five teams to the postseason while the other sends three.
The seeding of the wild-card teams within each divisional playoff will be determined on the basis of regular-season points. The division winner with the most points in the conference will be matched against the wild-card team with the lowest number of points; the division winner with the second-most points in the conference will play the wild-card team with the second fewest points.
The teams finishing second and third in each division will play in the first round of the playo ...
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