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Who needs this stupid tournament when you can just give us the Cup already! I've almost forgotten how to type this, but for the first time since March 8, the PHILADELPHIA FLYERS WIN, 3-2, in overtime, over the Pittsburgh Penguins! The NHL's hottest team in March picks up right where they left off in July, beating their Keystone State rivals in dramatic fashion. Yes, today's game was just an exhibition. It didn't count for anything. It does nothing to decide what seed the Flye

With the 2019-20 regular season officially over, the league chose to send out ballots to writers for the 2020 NHL Awards on Monday, June 9. Finalists for awards have been announced throughout the week. Though there won't be a huge awards show spectacle in Vegas this year, that doesn't make the awards any less important or deserved. My ballot must have been lost in the mail, because I still haven't received it, and since Gary isn't answering my emails, I'm going to assume it's

June 13 shoulda, coulda, woulda been the last day of the 2020 Stanley Cup Final. Instead, it's another day in the quarantine void as we wait for hockey to hopefully make a safe and triumphant return in about two months time. Fortunately, we can still pretend that the playoffs are taking place on schedule and have already reached their apex. It's time to finally finish this four part series on how I saw a regular, 16-team, Stanley Cup Playoffs turn out. Since it's been a while