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Our experts pick whether Carolina or Vegas will be the 2026 Stanley Cup champions, and which player will take home the Conn Smythe Trophy.

Plus, a look at the extended ripples of the Mikko Rantanen trade tree and the coaching battle between John Tortorella and Jared Bednar.

Reid, who's projected to be one of the first defensemen picked at the 2026 NHL Draft, is committed to Michigan State.

Found not guilty of sexual assault last summer, Hart now sits on hockey's biggest stage. Vegas continues to shield him from the media.

The boldest move these two teams made in building Cup contenders might have been not allowing a potential future GM to walk out the door.

The card-collecting hobby has become a fixture in the Golden Knights' team hotel lounge during road trips.

The Vegas Golden Knights and Carolina Hurricanes open the Stanley Cup Final on Tuesday. The Hurricanes are favored to win Game 1 at home.

The 46-year-old led the Abbotsford Canucks to the franchise's first Calder Cup in 2025.

Idalski, who has decades of experience in women's hockey, was hired in June 2025 as the expansion team's first coach.

The Canes goalie on agent Claude Lemieux's death: "We go through stuff in life. Sometimes it's impossible not to bring it into the room."