NHL Final Heat Check: Who’s Booming, Who’s Bogging Down

The Stanley Cup Final is almost here, and the league’s temperature check says some teams are peaking while others are walking into the rink with a face full of bad timing. These are the kinds of edges front offices obsess over, because in June, one hot line or one cold stretch can tilt a series faster than a coach can shuffle his bench. The story digs into which clubs are trending up, which ones are leaking oil, and why the noise around them is getting louder at exactly the wrong time.