Cup Final Locked In as NHL Trade Rumor Season Starts Cooking

The Stanley Cup Final is finally set, and that means the league’s attention shifts fast from the last handshake line to the phones that never stop buzzing. Front offices are already sorting through the trade chatter, and the usual suspects are getting dragged into every conversation with a pulse. This is the part of the calendar where contenders try to get smarter and everybody else tries to look calm while they shop the same names in different directions.