NOTE: Skip to 12:51 to avoid playoff aftermaths and go right to the finals preview.
Playoff hockey is a spectacle of the mind, spirit and soul. It takes everything from a player. Bruised, bloodied, beaten mentally, but they continue on. They know the reward is great: The Stanley Cup. Dreamed of by them since their youth, and two teams are on the cusp of claiming it. One in consecutive years, the other for the first time in over thirty-five years. It's a rematch from 2025 (so much for parity), but they both earned the right to be here.
This is the 2025 NHL Finals. I hope for another great series (as you should as well.