Somewhere out in a far away alternate universe, the 2018-19 Maple Leafs find themselves mere hours from puck drop for Game Six of their Stanley Cup Final series versus the St. Louis Blues.
The air is tense. The city is electric. The playoff beards have rendered players’ faces unrecognizable. It’s the best time of the year.
And as those same players begin to file in through the bowels of Scotiabank Arena for what will inevitably be another hard-fought instalment of an enthralling series, workers continue their around-the-clock efforts to transition the building between the Toronto Raptors’ own finals run taking place simultaneously.