As a Rangers fan, I DON"T WANT New York battle in playoffs. First of all, I want Isles to miss entirely, and it's main thing I'm rooting for rest of season- for Isles to miss (playoff seedings for NYR, or PT race is something I consider nearly irrelevant).
Second of all, a threat of potential upset from NYI's hands is something I don't want to even thinking of enduring. YES, Rangers ARE better team, and would be heavy favourites in the series- but it's the f***ing NHL, here every thing might happen- a difference of overall talent between these two teams is IMO smaller than between Kraken and Avs last year.
If these two teams would meet in playoffs, my uneducated guess in seven games series would be like 70% of chances for Rangers, 30% for Islanders- but 30% is actually f***ing lot.