NHL 18 cover: another part of a big night for McDavid

After sweeping the Hurricanes and having an extended break, the Bruins are back on the ice hosting the Blues in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup final.

So I wonder who the clown is here: the charismatic player who dances a little jig during a playoff pregame warm-up, or the suit in the general manager’s chair who trades 21-year-old Roberto Luongo in order to select Rick DiPietro first overall in the draft instead of Marian Gaborik or Dany Heatley? Hint: It is not P.K. Subban, the Spirit of 76, who is one of the handful of charismatic players in the NHL worth the price of admission. It has been a while since Mike Milbury, the party of the latter part who often can be seen with the floppy shoes and big, red nose on the set of the staid national crew that works NHL games for the NBC networks, has said anything, well, clownish enough to land in this space.

The NHL has a long history with expansion. McIndoe outlines the best players taken in each expansion draft since 1967 and notable oddity in each draft. This young Nashville Predators fan is disappointed her team didn’t win the Stanley Cup, but she offers them some incredible encouragement (you have to love the way she rattles off a few of the players on the roster).