I probably speak for a vast majority of NHL fans in my jubilation that anyone but the Penguins is now in possession of the Stanley Cup. Beyond that, though, we witnessed a pretty special match-up in this Stanley Cup Final, and can expect the Capitals’ win to reverberate in the 2018-2019 season.
While Washington’s first ever Cup win comes as a pleasant surprise to those of us who like to root for the underdog, this series was a tough one to wrap our minds around because both contenders were so different than any team we’d seen fighting to hoist the Cup before.