Elliotte Friedman

However, for a while, I thought I would hang on to those overalls as a keepsake, as a memory from this playoff run, and they will now be headed for the incinerator.

That's all I can say about that.

Oh, man.

Yes.

If there is one franchise that at least would think they could get away with something like that, surely it would be Vegas.

But yeah, as if.

The game itself here at the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday was not the biggest story on this day.

You had a real whopper earlier in the afternoon.

Dylan Larkin, captain of the Detroit Red Wings.

The only franchise he has known since they took him in the first round back in 2014, Michigan born and raised.

He has asked for a trade out of hockey town.

So what all went on here?

It's a great question.

And you know what I'm thinking about listening to all of this, Elliot?

I mean, we waited so long.

And we were all starving for best on best international hockey, right?

And rightfully so.

It had been far too long, far too long in between.

And did it ever live up to the hype at Four Nations?

The Olympics were sensational all the way through to Jack Hughes' overtime winner in the gold medal game.