They are waiting. Waiting for a Stanley Cup Finals opponent has not been good for those who return from mini-vacations. Every year except the canceled 2005 season, the first-round games of the NHL playoffs have been a best of seven affair. It is the best way to judge fatigue and rest.
The Colorado Rockies won the Western Conference with a sweep of the Houston Astros. The winner of the East series will be determined by two games on Tuesday. We will have a Game 7 on June 14 if both teams hold home ice advantage.
It will take eight days for the puck to be dropped for the Stanley Cup finals, with a chance of it being longer. There is a record between winning the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl and starting a championship series. Both the Bruins and the Ducks lost in the finals.
Only two teams have lifted the Stanley Cup after a week from the conference championship to the finals. That's seven people who didn't win anything. The four teams that had been waiting to win the Stanley Cup fell in the final. No one were swept. The Vegas Golden Knights were the only team that had to wait eight or more days to start the Stanley Cup Finals. The Vegas team won the first game of the finals and then lost the next four in a row.
The extended-break theory has been used in this year's playoffs. The Rangers played the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Semifinals and had a nine-day break. The first two games of the conference finals were won by New York. The series is still even at one game each.
The first team to make it to the finals has waited at least four days to get back on the ice. Out of the six teams that won the Stanley Cup, four won it in the fastest time, with the outliers being the 1992 Hawks and last year's runners-up of Montreal.
It would be foolish to overlook Colorado's chances of winning the Stanley Cup because of its history. The NHL record of waiting to start the final series of the season is currently held by the Colorado team.
The team should have been viewed as the Stanley Cup favorites from the start because of the injuries to Kadri and others. It was obvious that Florida was not perfect. It is possible that the biggest obstacle in reaching the Finals is not an opponent. Their last opponent of the season is not known yet.
The first team to win the Stanley Cup will play in the finals.
Four days in the year 2021.
Five days in 2020.
The Boston Bruins are in action for 11 days.
The Vegas Golden Knights were in existence for 8 days.
The Nashville Preds were in action for seven days.
The San Jose Sharks are in action.
Five days for the Lightning.
Six days for the New York Rangers.
The Boston Bruins were in action for five days.
The Los Angeles Kings are in action for eight days this year.
The Canucks are in action for eight days.
The Chicago Hawks were in action for six days.
The PittsburghPenguins were in four days.
The PittsburghPenguins were in six days.
The Senators were in action for nine days.
The Eskimos were in action for nine days.
There was a lock out in 2005.
The Flames were in action for six days.
The Anaheim Ducks were in action for 11 days in 2004.
The Carolina Hurricanes were in action for seven days.
The Colorado Avalanche were in action for five days.
The New JerseyDevils were in action for four days.
The Buffalo Sabres were in action for eight days.
The Washington Caps were in action for five days.
The PhiladelphiaFlyers were in action for six days.
The Colorado Avalanche were in action for six days.
The Detroit Red Wings were in action for six days.
There was a seven-day period in 1994.
The Montreal Hawks were in action for eight days.
The Chicago Hawks were in action for four days.
Five days were spent by the Minnesota North Stars.
The Boston Bruins were in action for six days.
Four days were spent by the Flames.
The Eskimos were in action for seven days.
The four day period was in 1987 for the Eskimos.
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