Wednesday morning NHL standings check
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Last year in this expert predictions space, I said we should “celebrate that a Stanley Cup will be hoisted in a Canadian arena. Next year, maybe a Canadian team will finally be the one doing it for the first time since Montreal in 1993.” And lookie what we have here: Those same Canadiens, the champion …
Last year’s Stanley Cup Final started on Memorial Day. Now it’s well after Labor Day and the St. Louis Blues are still Stanley Cup champions, the longest NHL reign since… well, these same Tampa Bay Lightning that find themselves in this year’s Final got to keep it an extra year due to the 2004 lockout. Unless …