Rangers/Islanders first round clash?

Last year I wrote more than once, that there easily could be a playoffs meeting between the New York Rangers and New York Islanders.

It was not likely to be in the first round of the playoffs playoffs, as the Rangers were on their way to the NHL’s top regular season record while the Islanders were high enough in the standings to avoid the first place Rangers in a first round clash.

As it turned out, the teams did not meet as the Washington Capitals “7’d” the Isles in the first round only to meet the same fate vs the Rangers in the next round.

This year the Rangers are in solid possession of second place and the Islanders lead for third so there may well be a Rangers/Islanders first round battle.