Stanley Cup Final

Stan Fischler offers up some playoff awards that need to exist, breaks down Ryan McDonagh to the Nashville Predators, the NHL's coaching market, the Boston Bruins, NHL free agency and so much more.

Alex Newhook is a bright piece of Colorado's future, and he's already off to an incredible start. He now joins a small group of NHLers from Newfoundland to bring the Cup back to the Rock.

With a new Stanley Cup champion getting crowned on Sunday, it's time to look back at a few moments that will stand the test of time.

After enduing a career that featured epic highs and crushing lows, Erik Johnson finally achieved his dream by winning the Stanley Cup.

In an era of tight Stanley Cup parity, the Tampa Bay Lightning's run the past three years was special. And while their Cup streak has come to an end, they're not done contending just yet.

Stan Fischler looks back at the Stanley Cup final and how the Avalanche won. Plus, Stan discusses the Hart Trophy, Barry Trotz, Andrew Brunette, Artemi Panarin and so much more.

Nazem Kadri couldn't even tie his own skates before games. He visibly played through intense pain. He laid it all on the line to win the Stanley Cup, and it paid off - and he had a message for his haters, too.

Steven Ellis and Mike Stephens look back at the conclusion of the Stanley Cup final and look at what made the Colorado Avalanche so dangerous en route to the championship.

The 2021-22 Avalanche are among the deepest and most dominant collections of talent the NHL has seen in recent memory. It took years of tinkering, but it worked out.

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Tampa Lightning in Game 6 to win their first Stanley Cup since 2001.

After posting the most playoff points by a defenseman in the past decade, Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar has taken home the 2022 Conn Smythe Trophy.

With the Stanley Cup set to be awarded in short order, it's as good of a time as any to look back at the return of a full NHL season, and say “thank you” to all the people who made it happen.

The Tampa Bay Lightning may be known for their ability to respond to a loss. But the Colorado Avalanche have taken that narrative and run with it, leading them to within one win of the Stanley Cup.

The Tampa Bay Lightning have no mulligans left in the tank, but they're hoping to take the momentum and force Game 7 -- and we know all too well how good the Bolts are in elimination games.

The Stanley Cup could be awarded at Amalie Arena for the second straight year. Here's what both teams had to say ahead of Game 6.

Adam Proteau fights for Daniel Alfredsson's hall of fame case, discusses the goaltending situation in Colorado and the future of Filip Forsberg in Nashville.

It's another travel day, with the Tampa Bay Lightning holding off the Colorado Avalanche for an important Game 5 win to keep the season alive. Here's what the teams had to say on Saturday.

Ondrej Palat continues to roll as one of the most clutch playoff performers, scoring his 12th game-winning post-season goal on Friday. When it comes to playoff warriors, his teammates point to him as one of the best.

After a heartbreaking Game 4 defeat, Tampa Bay Lightning continue their impressive ability to stick around far after most have written them off.

The Tampa Bay Lightning live to see another day by defeating the Colorado Avalanche by a score of 3-2 to force a Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final.

A troubled regular season that saw the Winnipeg Jets miss the playoffs has given way to a potentially turbulent off-season, especially involving the futures of Dubois and Wheeler.

Stan Fischler looks ahead to Game 5, what the Tampa Bay Lightning need to do to win the Stanley Cup, what's next for the Florida Panthers, Barry Trotz and so much more.

Andrei Vasilevskiy has a reputation of being so good in elimination games, but Game 5 is the biggest test of his career, and he's going to need to be perfect.

Darcy Kuemper didn't let a bad goal against result in disaster in Game 4. As the Avalanche look to close out the Stanley Cup final on Friday, they'll be counting on their goaltender to once again have a game-stealing performance.