27W / 15L / 1P (+13.28u)
Such a tough final to call.
Let's take a look at Carolina
Captain - Jordan Staal - Thunder Bay, ON - Drafted 2006 - OHL Peterborough Petes - Stanley Cups (1), J. Ross Robertson Cups (1)
There are 9 Canadian born players on the roster. William Carrier, Nicolas DesLauriers, Taylor Hall, Mark Jankowski, Seth Jarvis, Jordan Martinook, Jordan Staal, Logan Stankoven and Sean Walker
There are 8 USA born players on the roster, 3 Russian born players and 2 each for Denmark and Finland.
Carolina is making their 3rd Stanley Cup Finals appearance and are looking for their 2nd Stanley Cup. Their last Stanley Cup came back in 2006 when they defeated the Edmonton Oilers in 7 games.
Let's take a look at Vegas
Captain - Mark Stone - Winnipeg, MB - Drafted 2010 - Brandon Wheat Kings WHL - Stanley Cups (1)
There are 15 Canadian born players on the roster. Braeden Bowman, Dylan Coghlan, Carter Hart, Adin Hill, Brett Howden, Ben Hutton, Keegan Kolesar, Kaedan Korczak, Jeremy Lauzon, Mitch Marner, Brayden McNabb, Colton Sissons, Reilly Smith, Mark Stone and Shea Theodore.
There are 5 USA born players, 2 from Sweden, 2 from Russia, 1 Czech and 1 Swiss.
Vegas is making their 3rd Stanley Cup Finals appearance and are looking for their 2nd Stanley Cup. Their last cup came in 2023 over the Florida Panthers.
Everything to me points to Vegas. A little bit more battle tested, more Cup experience and the depth of Canadians on the team cannot be overlooked. Torts seems like the perfect fit for this group and this series could be won by coaching. Torts has a cup as a coach already. Like I mentioned earlier this series is very tough to call but my gut points to Vegas but not strong enough to put a play down yet on them. I do see this series going 6 or 7 games and that is how I'll tackle the final in the beginning.
June 2
Adding Future:
Stanley Cup Finals O5.5 games -190 (1.9u to win 1u)
For game 1 both teams will be after it and if you like overs than I think they are best played in a Cup final in games 1 to 3. I lean Carolina for the side tonight but I don't want to lay the juice in game 1. In regulation the -0.5 is +108 and the -1 is +140. That's interesting. Leads me to believe maybe OT or Vegas outright win. Need to see how the teams match up and go from there.
Golden Knights / Hurricanes O6 +108 (1u to win 1.08u)
From a hockey perspective this should be one of the best Cup finals we've seen in some time.
Enjoy game 1 everybody 
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