Four Teams Are Out - and the Autopsy Starts Now

The second round has already left four teams staring at a long offseason, and the postmortem is never polite. This is where the real NHL business starts, because every elimination exposes something about roster building, coaching, depth, and the cost of chasing a Cup. The New York Times piece looks at what the exits say about each club, and those answers tend to linger far longer than the series did.