Former Toronto Maple Leafs coach John Brophy, who died at the age of 82 over the weekend, was a legendary, larger-than-life figure during his brief tenure as an NHL coach. In 1988, he unleashed the most epic post-game tirade the game has ever seen. Read it here in its entirety.

The Golden Knights has flipped the NHL on its head by defying logic all season, and with one win standing between Vegas and a trip to the Stanley Cup final, the expansion franchise continues to defy logic.

Marc-Andre Fleury has been all-world for the Vegas Golden Knights in the post-season, and he may already have the Conn Smythe trophy sewn up regardless of the outcome in the Stanley Cup final.

Hockey hugs are back.

This week on The Hockey News Podcast:

- Ken Campbell shares his Media Day thoughts from Vegas

- Ryan Kennedy picks his Memorial Cup standouts

- Which players will be X-factors in the Stanley Cup final?

- Were the Sharks crazy to give Evander Kane so much term and money?

Prospect Need to Know: Acadie-Bathurst wins the Memorial Cup, while the AHL final is now set

The Golden Knights and Capitals combined for the second-highest scoring Game 1 of a Stanley Cup final in the post-lockout NHL. Look back at several other high-octane affairs that opened the series.

The NHL slow-plays on Seattle expansion, while also addressing concussions, Golden Knights' wild success, salary cap, 2020 labor talks & much more at its annual state of the union prior to the Stanley Cup final.

There was more ties in this game than in an episode of Suits 👔