After a week of rest, the divisional winners and the wild card are ready to do battle in the conference finals. The winner of this week's contest will go on to battle the winner of next week's western conference winner.
Which logo fought the hardest? Read on.
4th place: Washington Capitals
The Capitals were solidly outclassed in this grouping of great logos. Skating by in a division with the awful Tampa and Hurricanes logos clearly led to over-confidence, and the awkward blue outline, stretched stars, and gold tones earned them an inarguable last place.
3rd place: New Jersey Devils
The final 3 finishers are extremely well-done logos, and this final placement feels a bit arbitrary. Still, a decision must be made, and the Devil's more casual curves and slight cartoonish feel cost them a higher finish.
2nd place: Philadelphia Flyers
The match between the remaining two teams in the Eastern Conference was extremely close. Consider this Flyers loss as a triple-overtime game, with the Flyers going down because of their reliance on the thin doubled white-black outline and the questionable decision to extend a diagonal line from the border to the center white circle. It's a bit of a stretch to call those flaws, but there must be a divisional winner, and these two questionable design decisions allowed the Maple Leafs to push through that final shot.
1st place: Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto's simplicity ultimately won them a trip to the Logo Cup finals, even with their questionable insistence on spelling out the team name and location. The solid shape, high contrast, and pleasing color choice of their logo is extremely difficult to beat.
Congratulations to the Eastern Conference winner, Toronto, and good luck in the Logo Cup finals.
How would you rank the Eastern Conference divisional winners?