No. 211: PAUL MAURICE / Nice guys finish first ... eventually. The Panthers coach gets his Cup ring 29 years after his first game behind a NHL bench. Remembering Mo half his lifetime ago.
Contrary to what Mike Babcock thinks, nobody buys a ticket to watch someone coach. Fans would buy tickets to listen to Mo, though.
I dwelled on Connor McDavid in the run-up to the Final with a pair of entries about my dealings with him as the star ascendant: No. 207: CONNOR McDAVID I / Yeah, "Better than Crosby" was a burden for a teen and No. 208: CONNOR McDAVID II / A day in the family home with the phenom, age 18.
I’m not crazy about the Edmonton captain stiffing Gary and the league by not sticking around for the Conn Smythe presentation—it evoked Rory McIlroy fleeing Pinehurst the other day. IMHO, it was a bad look. Someone pressed me about the matter, saying tha…
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