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• The 2019 Stanley Cup Final is also a battle between Jim and Pam from “The Office.” (NBC Boston)
• Team scrimmage a unique opportunity for the Boston Bruins. (Bruins Daily)
• A look at Patrick Roy’s candidacy for head coach of the Ottawa Senators. (TSN)
• Holland starting to clean house in Edmonton. (Sportsnet)
• Long-suffering Blues fans feel it’s different this time around. (ESPN)
• Blues heroics have wiped away decades of disappointment. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• Why the status of Zdeno Chara doesn’t mean what it used to. (WEEI)
• Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy likens the Blues to Boston’s twin. (NBC Sports Boston)
• Berube’s Blues built on toughness. (TSN)
• Alex Ovechkin will get a much-needed break, once the World Hockey Championships are over, that is. (NBC Sports Washington)
• Petr Budaj is heading to college... as a coach. (ABC Fox Montana)
• Adam Fox was worth the two picks the New York Rangers Rangers sent the Carolina Hurricanes. (EP Rinkside)
• Rangers offseason looking bright (NHL.com)
• Did what Washington accomplished last season have any bearing on the Bruins, Blues path to the Cup Final? (NovaCaps)
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