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The 2023 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs have reached the Conference Finals.Accordingly, players are establishing themselves as candidates to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as the postseason's most valuable player.There are several candidates to win MVP as round three gets underway, but they can't all fit into the top five, which is what you'll see here.

When two teams play hockey for 60 minutes, then go for 79 minutes and 47 seconds more of overtime, you immediately turn to the record books.But such is the nature of N.H.L. playoff hockey that the Florida Panthers' 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh that ended early Friday morning was not the longest game ever.

The Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers meet in the Eastern Conference Final with the winner earning a spot in the Stanley Cup Final.Both teams have had different paths to the Eastern Conference Final, with Florida having the harder path.The Panthers took down the record-setting Boston Bruins, four games to three, and then eliminated the Toronto Maple Leafs, four games to one.

Each season, there are always a few older veterans on teams in the Stanley Cup playoffs searching for their first championship.Entering the Conference Finals, there are a handful of great veterans to highlight on all of the four teams.So many players play their entire career without winning the Stanley Cup, for some, winning the trophy comes right at the tail end of their career.

Hockey is a sport of superstition.When the Florida Panthers won the Eastern Conference over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday and the Prince of Wales Trophy was presented, most hockey fans immediately started to think "Will they touch it?"That alludes to the old superstition that a hockey player never touches any trophy until they win the Stanley Cup.

The Florida Panthers advanced to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in 27 years after eliminating the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Final during Game Four on Wednesday night.The Panthers, by virtue of winning the first four games of a best-of-seven series, completed what is called a series sweep.

It has officially been forty years since the New York Islanders last lifted the Stanley Cup.On May 17, 1983, the Islanders completed a sweep of the Edmonton Oilers on Nassau Coliseum ice.We're in a bit of a drought, you might say.ISLES REWIND: It's now been 4️⃣0️⃣ years since the #Isles won a Stanley Cup.

The Toronto Maple Leafs did manage to make it to the second round this year, but they still failed in their ultimate goal of winning the Stanley Cup.The Toronto Maple Leafs added a ton of grit and talent to their roster at the trade deadline to supplement an already incredible team, but they still couldn't get it done.

The Toronto Maple Leafs are in line for changes to their lineup this off-season.I think it's time to shake up the front office as well.The regime of Brendan Shanahan (President), Kyle Dubas (GM), and Brandon Pridham (Asst.GM) have not lived up to the hopes of Toronto Maple Leafs fans.A complete overall is not needed, but rather, some reshuffling.

Qualifying for the Stanley Cup Playoffs has become an expectation for the Carolina Hurricanes.This season, they once again matched that expectation with a great regular season.Unfortunately for the Canes, that great season came to an end in the Eastern Conference Final, as they were swept by the Florida Panthers.

The Florida Panthers are on the verge of grabbing a berth in the Stanley Cup Final.The Panthers shut out the Carolina Hurricanes 1-0 on a 32-save shutout by goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky in Game 3 and now own a 3-0 series lead.Game 4 is Wednesday night at FLA Live Arena in what could be the end to the series.

The Florida Panthers continue to impress in the 2023 NHL playoffs.Last night, the Panthers defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in four overtimes.Four overtimes.This is only game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, which occurred at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina.Florida forward Matthew Tkachuk scored on the fourth overtime on a wrist shot from the slot to secure the win.

Hockey in Hartford?That seems like a time warp back to the 70s, 80s and 90s, but Connecticut governor Ned Lamont said on Friday that he's planning to meet with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman about the possibility of the Arizona Coyotes relocating to Hartford.According to wtnh.com'sRich Coppola, the 48-year-old Hartford XL Center would be a better temporary home for the Coyotes than Mullett Arena, since the voters in Tempe, Ariz., recently rejected the proposal for a new arena.

The 2023 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs have reached the Stanley Cup Final.Accordingly, players are establishing themselves as candidates to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as the postseason's most valuable player.There are several candidates to win MVP as the Final continues.The Vegas Golden Knights took Game 1 from the Florida Panthers, and Game 2 is set for Monday night with new heroes due to emerge in each contest.

We're just hours away from the start of the 2023 Stanley Cup Final.After a few days off between rounds, the Florida Panthers and Vegas Golden Knights will compete in the best-of-seven series for all the marbles.Both teams hope to capture their first-ever Cup win.The series will kick off Saturday, June 3 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The conference finals are almost underway, and sadly for San Jose Sharks fans, their team did not come close to reaching that round this season.Instead, the Sharks missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season and are still a few years away from contending for their sixth Western Conference Final appearance.

Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler just continues to find ways to torment Boston sports fans, even on off days.After spearheading the Heat to a Game 1 road win over the Celtics with a sensational 35-point performance to go with seven assists, five rebounds and six steals, Butler was back on the court Thursday but he wasn't donning the usual Miami practice garb for the session.

New York might be the concrete jungle that "dreams are made of", but rarely do those dreams pan out.That's especially true when it comes to the hockey team that plays at Madison Square Garden we like to call the New York Rangers.The Rangers are well-known for being perennial playoff contenders, but have fallen short every year since then-captain Mark Messier broke the 54-year-old curse in 1994.

The 2012 Los Angeles Kings 2023 Florida Panthers, an 8-seed on the run of their lives, are headed to the Stanley Cup Final after sweeping the Carolina Hurricanes (hehe).They have lost only one game since they won Game 5 against the Boston Bruins.Sergei Bobrovsky is playing like a $10 million goalie-I'm of the mind that if they pull this thing off, the contract was "worth it"-and Matthew Tkachuk is writing his own legend.

The Florida Panthers are on the brink of advancing to the round that every team in the NHL hopes to get to, the Stanley Cup Final.The Carolina Hurricanes are trying to be one of the rare teams to come back from a 3-0 series deficit.Which one will be successful?We will find out on Wednesday night at the FLA Live Arena when the Florida Panthers look to eliminate the Carolina Hurricanes in game 4.
Can the Canes do the impossible?

The Florida Panthers have a chance to go up 3-0 in the ECF against the Carolina Hurricanes.The Panthers have been the story of the playoffs and look to keep their winning streak going.Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk has been on fire, scoring two game winning goals.Does Carolina have a bounce back game in game 3, or does Florida put a stranglehold on the series?

The Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers took Game One to quadruple overtime Thursday night, with Matthew Tkachuk scoring the OTGWG at 1:54 am Friday morning.The game was the sixth-longest in NHL history, and the longest game in either franchises' history.The late hours combined with the sheer length of the game and the lack of OT highlights caused the TNT panel - featuring host Liam McHugh and former players Wayne Gretzky, Paul Bissonnette, Anson Carter, and Henrik Lundqvist - to become rather silly as they tried to fill time during those extra intermissions.

We are halfway into the playoffs.Err, we are halfway in by calendar, but really we're more like 80 percent done by number of games.I feel like the conference finals are when the playoffs stop being "I'm just gonna turn on the TV and watch whoever thrash each other" and more like "ah yes, the pinched duel between Tkachuk and Burns continues apace tonight at 8 PM." That's still really good unless you hate the remaining teams, and I'm told a number of you do.

The New Jersey Devils ended their season with a spirited Game Five defeat to the Carolina Hurricanes.( Note: So ends my series of adopting the New Jersey Devils.)Dawson Mercer opened up scoring with what I think of as the platonic ideal of a 2023 Devils goal, a bunch of passes moving fast on the rush.

The Florida Panthers are making a statement, a big statement, in the 2023 NHL playoffs.Florida is now two wins away from a place in the Stanley Cup finals after their 2-1 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in game 2 of the ECF.Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk scored the game winner in the third period to give the Panthers the edge in the series.

The Florida Panthers began this Eastern Conference Final with an exciting four-overtime win over the Carolina Hurricanes.The game was evenly played and neither team had a clear advantage throughout the game.Game 2, also from PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, takes place on Saturday night.This, too, should come down to the wire as expectations are in place for another classic.

There have been a lot of shocking moments during the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs, but the most surprising element of the postseason is not that Boston is out or that Colorado lost in round one to the Seattle Kraken.The biggest surprise of the Stanley Cup playoffs has to be how lack luster the goaltending has been.

The second round of the 2023 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs is nearly complete.Accordingly, it's a great time to start looking at candidates to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as the postseason's most valuable player.There are several candidates as we near the midway point, but they can't all fit into the top five, which is what you'll see here.

The Toronto Maple Leafs were eliminated from the playoffs with a 3-2 overtime loss to the Florida Panthers in Game 5 of their second-round series on Friday night at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.Nick Cousins scored the winner, setting up a showdown with the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference final.

When the 2022-2023 NHL season began, there weren't many people that had high expectations for the New Jersey Devils, but that didn't stop them from having the franchise's best season in over a decade.That season, unfortunately, came to an end on Thursday night.New Jersey played a solid game, and it took overtime to decide the winner.

The Carolina Hurricanes are in position to eliminate the New Jersey Devils.The Devils need to play a nearly perfect road game to stay alive in the series.Who, or what, will be the deciding factor in that team will be victorious?Below are some things to watch for in game 5 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on Thursday night.

The Carolina Hurricanes used a five-goal second-period offensive outburst to dominate the New Jersey Devils 6-1 in game 5.The win gives the Canes a commanding 3-1 series lead, with a chance to close out the Devils on Thursday night in Raleigh.Carolina forward Jordan Martinook had his fourth straight multi-point game.