Can a Stanley Cup final in June possibly top what we saw in Round 1? Globe_Sports
Tampa Bay Lightning star Nikita Kucherov was widely predicted to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the playoffs, but was instead held to two assists in a shocking sweep.It being Easter Weekend, perhaps we should also quietly celebrate one of the greatest opening rounds of playoff hockey in memory.
Hockey aficionados have long argued that the true high point of the hockey season is Round 1 and can also include Round 2. Hockey is the only sport known where the season climax comes long before the actual Cup is raised over the head of someone still able to stand. Once again, Round 4 of the playoffs, the Stanley Cup final, will stretch far into May and likely into June, that time of year most treasured by Canadians. And unless one of the “home” teams – Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto – is still involved, the later rounds tend to become background noise, barely watched or watched not at all.
The last Stanley Cup awarded during the Original Six years went, of course, to the 1967 Toronto Maple Leafs. The final game was played on May 2 – a date the current Leafs surely hope to reach again, though it would still be a considerable distance from the final. That $3,000 represented the bonus each player would receive for winning the Cup. Most of the players needed that money, for most of them also held jobs outside of hockey to make ends meet. Tim Horton, believe it or not, was the name of a player on that team.
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