{"id":76448,"date":"2023-05-08T14:45:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T14:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/articles.runyourpool.com\/?p=76448"},"modified":"2023-05-08T14:45:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T14:45:47","slug":"nhl-guard-is-changing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.runyourpool.com\/articles\/2023\/05\/08\/nhl-guard-is-changing\/","title":{"rendered":"With No Familiar Faces Remaining, the NHL Guard Is Changing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s an unfamiliar smell in the NHL\u2019s air, and it\u2019s not just the result of Bill Daly\u2019s dairy-heavy breakfast \u2013 the league is experiencing a changing of the guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The list of Stanley Cup champions between 2007 and 2022 includes the Avs, Caps, Pens, Blues, Kings, Ducks, Bruins, Blackhawks, Red Wings, and Lightning. None of them are alive for 2023\u2019s crowning achievement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Half of this assembly didn\u2019t make the playoffs and the half that did died in April. With the remaining eight \u2013 the Devils, Oilers, Stars, Kraken, Panthers, Hurricanes, Golden Knights, and Maple Leafs \u2013 we are guaranteed a winner who has never won before or hasn\u2019t since the invention of smartphones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Who&#39;s ready for the Second Round?<br><br>The eight remaining teams have won a combined zero of the past 16 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StanleyCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StanleyCup<\/a> championships. Be sure to follow their journey. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NHLStats?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NHLStats<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6I5MUPqpFL\">https:\/\/t.co\/6I5MUPqpFL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M3BCIIlxzG\">pic.twitter.com\/M3BCIIlxzG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PR_NHL\/status\/1653414042139078662?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Maple Leafs are holders of a notorious drought that spans back to 1967, George Bush was president when the Oilers were champions, and George W. Bush was in his first term when the Devils last ruled the hockey world. The lone title for the Lone Star team was before the turn of the millennium. Florida is Cup-less in its 28-completed campaigns, and Vegas and Seattle are the league\u2019s modern expansion babies. Among these eight, there have been just three Stanley Cup Finals appearances in the previous 16 postseasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These candidates for the upcoming Cup aren\u2019t all amateurs at this time of year, though. Carolina has the most recent championship among the first-round advancers, defeating the Oilers in the Stanley Cup Finals in 2006, Edmonton\u2019s last trip to the ultimate series. Dallas and Vegas have both represented the West in the Finals since 2018. New Jersey, Edmonton, and Toronto have 21 titles among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But there are no Penguins, no Lightning, and no Avalanche. The Bruins, who had the most points ever in an NHL regular season and have played in three Stanley Cup Finals dating back to 2011, couldn\u2019t survive the first stage of the playoffs. We\u2019ve entered territory unseen for well over a decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NHL can be a fickle beast, though it often comes with a set of franchises that cycle as the dominant heads of the league for a prolonged period. Those teams phase out, upcome the fresh faces who become the old stasis, and the cycle repeats. You won\u2019t see Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, or Steven Stamkos lift this Cup toward the heavens, but you might catch Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews, or Jack Hughes cement themselves among that glorified group of the game\u2019s greatest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NpPsfeWtexw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Change comes, wanted or not, churning through time at varying paces and intensities. It\u2019s a fact of life. There is permanence to nothing. Not people, not places, and certainly not hockey teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s a beautiful thing, change. It ensures variety. It encourages adapters to reign and still-standers\u2019 pain. It enforces an opportunity for something better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not all change is good nor should be celebrated, but that it happens is non-negotiable. The transfer of power in the NHL is bad only to partisans \u2013 for others, it offers one of the most interesting times to watch the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s intrigue in dynasties. Their greatness is awesome, and their feats feel superhuman. But the excitement for their toppling, the question of the crescendo, is the source of most drama while a dynastic force presses down on the sport. Once that inquisition is answered, the true fun may begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fingers of Nikita Kucherov, Andrei Vasilevskiy, and Nathan McKinnon have grown heavier since the Lightning and Avalanche staked their claims in the early part of the 2020s. Their names are now spoken with a different tone within hockey circles. We know the players who imprinted themselves in the 2010s, and they have the same esteem surrounding them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An opening has appeared for a novel team and crop of young stars to crown themselves as oligarchs of the new decade. Who will reach out and seize it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Round 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7pK9Q3ftvU\">pic.twitter.com\/7pK9Q3ftvU<\/a><\/p>&mdash; dom ? (@domluszczyszyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/domluszczyszyn\/status\/1653232232427814921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The familiar faces are out, and in come the young guns. 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