Just under two months ago, players and staff from 24 NHL teams entered the bubbles in Toronto and Edmonton. By next week, the Stanley Cup for the 2020 season will be handed over to a new champion. It’s pretty amazing the NHL pulled this thing off, and also bittersweet that this stretch of hockey is coming to an end, with the start date for next season not yet determined.
For this week, let’s enjoy the Cup Final while we can. This post can be an open thread for the rest of the series.
The Dallas Stars defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 1 on Saturday night (check out the recaps — and coverage throughout the series — from Defending Big D and Raw Charge).