The Final Is Hockey’s Hottest Free Agency Tryout

The Stanley Cup Final is where reputations get rewritten faster than a GM can update his whiteboard. Every shift becomes a scouting report, and every mistake can shave dollars off a player’s next deal. Front offices know exactly who is rising, who is shrinking under the lights, and who just turned a big payday into a maybe. By the time the Cup is handed over, the market already starts to tilt.