The 2019-20 NHL season will be remembered for quite some time, thanks to a pause because of the coronavirus pandemic that kept players off the ice for months and ended seven teams' seasons. As we bear witness to the first 24-team postseason tournament, we continue to look ahead to what's next.
As each team is eliminated from postseason contention -- either as one of the seven teams that missed the 24-team tournament, by losing in the postseason or winning the Stanley Cup -- we'll take a look at its keys to the offseason, and a way-too-early prediction for what 2020-21 will hold.
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TB | DAL | NYI | VGS
PHI | VAN | COL | BOS
STL | MTL | CGY | WSH
ARI | CAR | CBJ | CHI
TOR | MIN | EDM | PIT
NSH | FLA | WPG | NYR
ANA | BUF | DET | LA
NJ | OTT | SJ