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Why this Edmonton-Florida Stanley Cup Finals may boil down to a war of attrition: 9 Things
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8. Only two players in the National Hockey League have recorded three sixty-goal seasons (including regular season and playoffs) since 2005-06: Leon Draisaitl, who scored his sixtieth of this campaign in Game One, and Alexander Ovechkin.
7. NHL officiating in the playoffs makes me just as crazy as it probably makes you. I actually do not mind if the usual stick infraction goes un-called for both sides once the whistles go away. Who cares? But the missed Too-Many-Men call against Florida Friday? That should fall into the same category as Puck Over Glass.
6. Corey Perry would become a UFA on July 1 st. The veteran has been terrific this post-season and scored the goal that forced overtime on Friday. Even though the guy is forty, how do you not entertain bringing him back to Edmonton for another season? Even if he ends up half as productive, on the proper contract he would highly likely continue to be a plus.
