The 2024-2025 National Hockey League season will come to an end Monday evening with the presentation of the Stanley Cup in Sunrise to either the hometown Florida Panthers or the visiting Edmonton Oilers and with all the parity surrounding the series to this point some very important conditions will be met whether the Cup stays in South Florida or it goes back to Canada for the first time since 1993.
Florida and Edmonton made some trades at this year's deadline to upgrade their teams in anticipation of long playoff runs; as we stand here today, one team or the other made moves that will have paid off before the end of the day.
Whatever happens in game 7, it's been an entertaining season and this week should be just as jam-packed with the NHL Awards on June 27th, The NHL Draft on June 28-29th and likely a parade & celebration in the winning teams' city.
