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CHICAGO — Duncan Keith and his Chicago Blackhawks teammates hoisted three Stanley Cups with thousands of fans looking on from the stands and millions more watching on TV.

Keith thanked Hawks fans, who can have fun debating whether he was the team’s best defenseman since Chris Chelios, Doug Wilson or Pierre Pilote — or ever.

The Hawks will be hit with a $5.5 million recapture penalty in 2022-23 and $1.9 million penalty in 2023-24, although they fortunately weren’t planning to spend near the cap anyway.

Long-time Oilers/Titans scout C.O. Brocato is also a semifinalist in the coach/contributor category.

Even with Kirby heading toward his fourth Blackhawks season and Colton also developing in the Hawks’ pipeline, their dad, Dale, still remembers their escapades as kids on a frozen lake.

Will Tampa Bay complete a first three-peat since the 1980s? Or will Colorado’s high-octane offense stop a dynasty in its tracks?

Stated simply, if it were easy to win the Stanley Cup three straight times somebody would have done it since the New York Islanders won four straight championships, starting in 1980.

Derrick Mason disagrees with A.J. Brown, who called himself the best WR in franchise history.

EDMONTON, Alberta — Wearing a smile nearly as big as when he handed the Stanley Cup to Ray Bourque in 2001, Joe Sakic emerged from the Colorado locker room after Avs’ 6-5 victory against Edmonton. “It’s fun. But we’re not done,” Sakic told me Monday. “We need four more wins.”

The NHL playoffs are cruel, and Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl know it only too well.

They made quick work of the Oilers and will await the winner of the Rangers-Lightning series.