As usual, the Stanley Cup Finals have arrived with about as much celebration as the “Best Sound Mixing” award at the Oscars. Such is expected from NHL fans. But for those who do care, the NHL has something special. For the first time since 1983 and 1984, the same two teams are meeting in the finals back to back years.

As a hockey fan (and not particularly a basketball fan), this may be blasphemous to say. But the NBA playoffs have been more interesting to me than the Stanley Cup Playoffs.