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VOL. 3 June, 2025
Not wanting to interrupt your baseball, NBA playoffs, NASCAR, and summer kick-off BBQs, but have you noticed the most amazing, special, wonderful event going on in the popular sports’ world? And no, I am not talking about Uncle Earl’s $100 buy-in Horseshoe tournament or the French Open on a surface that most people would rather use as Playdough than a Grand Slam-level barometer… I am talking about the Stanley Cup FINAL, the ultimate climax of the greatest yearly Outlander-quality (please, if you don’t know, Google that movie and Roxanne Heart, what an amazing actress…) sports’ EVER concocted by our flawed homosapiens species. The STANLEY CUP!!! And if you have been more invested into who is going to be the QB1 for the Pittsburghers (sorry to all of you out there, Steeler fans…Mason Rudolph just hurts my soul to even type his name as a dig to you, let’s talk later) or in the NBA Finals (sorry, but y’all need to realize that Indiana has as much of a chance of winning that final as I do of growing hair and marrying Jennifer Anniston), then PLEASE reset yourself and take a look at a rematch of not only the previous year’s final between Edmonton and Florida, but of a COLOSSAL meeting that not only will make history, it will redefine the way we look back at the sport of hockey itself.
Two words - Connor McDavid…this cat is the modern-day Goliath, the Ultimate Warrior - he is the king…I don’t care if you side with King James or MJ or if you would rather be contrarian and make a claim for that Harlem Globetrotter that averages over 50 points a game for 17 years (I see you Meadowlark Lemon and squad, respect), but McDavid is the MAN in our current day of NHL hockey. Yes, the Great 8, Alex Ovechkin, just broke the career record for goals scored and deserves our salutations and genuflections, no doubt, but if we are all honest with ourselves, then we have to acknowledge the present versus the past ------ McDavid is, right now, on a different level. K? Okay…good… So, how can we not shill for the GOATT (greatest of all time TODAY) to not only win the Cup, but to claim his place alongside Gretzky, Howe, and 8 upon the Mount Rushmore of the Ice? Well………….
Hockey, dear fans, is a TEAM game….it is not about individuals…it is not about a line, a shift, or a particular goalie….Hockey, more than any other sport we follow in our land (I particularly like European football better than any other American sport because of the structure, but we can discuss that another time), is the truest and most pure TEAM sport we have the joy and honor of following. And whilst the Florida Panthers limped into the playoffs this season losing 70+ games in a row (exaggerate) and looking like they belonged in the dance as much as the kid with acne that his parents’ couldn’t afford to buy him a new pair of Wranglers and canvas Nikes, the defending champs from Florida are a TEAM! They are a legit squad, from top to bottom…from Barkov to Tkachuk to Bobrovsky, the Panthers are built to dominate and to win…
After the Panthers lost to the Vegas Golden Knights in 2023, it wasn’t a reset for them to take a look at their process - it was a step upon a journey. They strengthened their resolve and won in ‘24, and now they are primed to do so again in ‘25…As good as McDavid is, and as much as I want to see the best player lift the BEST trophy in all of sports, in my humble opinion, the Florida Panthers are healthy - the Florida Panthers are destined - the Florida Panthers are going to win the 2025 Stanley Cup Finals…and I will still be bald and watching friends reruns in the sly whilst at work.