16 teams total - 8 from the Eastern Conference, and 8 from the Western Conference.
The way they are seeded as follows
1. Division winner with most points
2. Division winner with second-most points
3. Division winner with third-most points
4 - 8. Teams in the conference with the most points, in order.
Currently 16 teams make the playoffs.
(Starting in 1927 only NHL teams could compete for the Stanley Cup. Here's the history of playoff teams since then.)
1927-28 thru 1941-42: 6 teams
1942-43 thru 1966-67: 4 teams
1967-68 thru 1973-74: 8 teams
1974-75 thru 1978-79: 12 teams
1979-80 thru currently: 16 teams
27 different teams
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They won 24 cups
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7 Teams have won the Stanley Cup since the Presidents trophy was incorporated in the NHL in 1976.
The Stanley cup finals have only went up to 7 games and never past.
13 current NHL teams have not won the Stanley Cup, if the Ottawa Senators are counted. The original Ottawa Senators won numerous Stanley Cups, but the newer expansion team has not. If the Ottawa Senators are not counted, then this number falls to 12.
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Toronto has won more Stanley Cups, having won 13 Stanley Cups.The original Ottawa Senators have won the Stanley Cup 5 times, but the current Ottawa Senators have not yet won the Stanley cup.
The NHL expanded from six teams to twelve teams in the 1967-68. All six of the 'original' teams have won a Cup. Of the six new teams, the Los Angeles Kings and St. Louis Blues have not won a Stanley Cup. As of the 2007-08 season, they would be the oldest teams not to have won a Cup.
Montreal canadians have won the Stanley |Cup 24 times, the most in history and seriously...who cares about the cfl