Jon Cooper: 'There's a Chance' Brayden Point Returns for Game 1
The back-to-back champion Tampa Bay Lightning face their toughest Finals' opponent yet in the Colorado Avalanche. What ought to be a difficult series one way or another, the Lightning would be at a serious disadvantage without Brayden Point, the NHL's leading playoff goal scorer since 2019. During the NHL's Media Day heading into the Finals, Jon Cooper expressed promising news on the Lightning center:
He declared that 'there's a chance' that Point will play Game 1, and if not one can seriously anticipate a Game 2 return. Point's return would be massive for the Bolts, who relied heavily on goaltender on Andrei Vasilevskiy & captain Steven Stamkos in his absence. Just goes to show how balanced the Tampa Bay Lightning are.
This Stanley Cup Final is shaping up to be the most star-studded Final in quite some time, featuring two of the best squads of the salary cap era:
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| Jordan Staal | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Shea Theodore | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sebastian Aho | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Brayden McNabb | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Taylor Hall | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jordan Martinook | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Andrei Svechnikov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jackson Blake | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jack Eichel | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Brett Howden | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Seth Jarvis | - | 1 | 1 | |
| William Karlsson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Eric Robinson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jaccob Slavin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Logan Stankoven | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Frederik Andersen | - | - | - | |
| Rasmus Andersson | - | - | - | |
| Ivan Barbashev | - | - | - | |
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