In March, they're called the "Elite Eight."
However, until the folks at NHL headquarters come up with a catchy May tagline for the octet of teams still standing in the race for the Stanley Cup, we're in marketing limbo.
At any rate, that's what we're down to. Now that the first round of the tournament is complete and we've culled the field from 16, those still alive have to be considered legit contenders.
Some, like the New York Rangers, blew through their lower-seeded foes with great haste, while others like the Dallas Stars and Boston Bruins went all the way to a Game 7.
Those facts and more were laid in front of the B/R hockey staff to digest as they returned to the Power Rankings table to set the surviving field from bottom to top.
Dallas earned 75 percent of the first-place votes after rallying from a 2-0 series deficit to oust the defending champion Golden Knights, while the Avalanche, the 2022 champs who were swept by Winnipeg in their regular-season series, quickly regained their playoff legs, blew the Jets away in five games and swept the remaining 25 percent to grab second.
Scroll through to see what we came up with and drop a thought in the comments.
Statistics were up to date and votes tallied before games on Tuesday, May 7.
