According to Merriam-Webster, the definition of rival is "one of two or more striving to reach or obtain something that only one can possess; one striving for competitive advantage." An archrival is "a principal rival." For most NHL hockey teams, a principal rival is a team in their division, one that they have to duke it out with to win a top-3 seed in the conference and home-ice advantage, as division rivals play each other 6 times per season and only one team can win the division any given year. For the teams that do not win the division, they fight with other teams in their division and conference for the remaining 5 playoff seeds, and conference opponents play each other 4 times per season. Once the playoffs begin, playoff rivalries take shape, as two teams enter each series and only one will emerge victorious. It is not just the Stanley Cup at stake, players that perform well in the Stanley Cup playoffs nearly always see a pay increase in their next co...
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PLAYERS:
Henrik Lundqvist,
Alexander Ovechkin,
Daniel Alfredsson,
Mike Knuble,
Bruce Boudreau,
Ryan Callahan,
Shaone Morrisonn,
Sean Avery,
John Tortorella,
Sergei Fedorov,
Nicklas Backstrom,
Mike Green,
Brandon Dubinsky,
Alexander Semin,
Marc Staal,
Sidney Crosby,
Evgeni Malkin,
Henrik Sedin
TEAMS: Washington Capitals, New York Rangers, Ottawa Senators, Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning, New York Islanders
TEAMS: Washington Capitals, New York Rangers, Ottawa Senators, Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lightning, New York Islanders
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