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Stanley Cup's traveling status up in air once Final completed

The Stanley Cup will fly back from Edmonton with the winning team to its playing city. But after that, nobody knows how hockey's most famous trophy will celebrate.

The NHL and the Hockey Hall of Fame are weighing options on what to do next with the Cup. Typically, each member of the winning team gets to spend a day with it in a location of his choice. That means the Stanley Cup and Cup Keeper travel thousands of miles, traversing borders and even continents.

But that may be unlikely during this pandemic.

One option is to have the winners stay in that city to celebrate with the Cup, as opposed to flying in and out of cities.