Ehlers Is Feeding the Final - and Winnipeg’s Heirs Are Watching

Nikolaj Ehlers is turning the Stanley Cup Final into a passing clinic, and that is the kind of thing coaches notice fast. Playmakers can disappear when the games get tight, but Ehlers is finding seams and making the defense chase. In a series this intense, one winger’s feel for the ice can tilt the whole conversation around who is really controlling the pace.