PITTSBURGH -- It was striking, really, just how little players on the 2012 New Jersey Devils and 2014 New York Rangers truly knew about the Los Angeles Kings in their respective Stanley Cup finals.
Before it was too late, that is.
Oh, to be sure the coaching staffs on those Devils and Rangers teams fully prepared their players with a ton of film and instruction. But that goes only so far.
By the time the Devils and Rangers knew what hit them in those Cup finals, the series was more or less over.