DitD & Open Post - 6/15/26: The Champs Edition

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JUNE 14: The Carolina Hurricanes celebrate after Game Six of the 2026 Stanley Cup Final against the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena on June 14, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Carolina Hurricanes won 3-0. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) | Getty Images

Here are your links for today:

Devils Links​

The Hockey Guy provides assessments for where teams stand in their competitive windows, and he saves the Devils for last:


One can hope:

Per sources, although a deal isn’t imminent , I’m told the @NJDevils are
gauging market interest from clubs on
G Markstrom . #HockeyXpic.twitter.com/spVTY3AWN9

— Kevin Weekes (@KevinWeekes) June 13, 2026

“General manager Sunny Mehta should pursue some of the bigger trade targets available this offseason, such as Jordan Kyrou, but there’s the salary cap to worry about, too. As such, there could be some under-the-radar, though potentially riskier, trade candidates that Mehta could pursue over the coming weeks. Let’s look at who those could be and why some of these trade targets offer buy-low, high-reward potential.” [Devils on the Rush ($)]

“If there’s one commonality between most of the armchair-GM trade proposals, it’s the repeated inclusion of the same Devils’ pieces: the 12th overall pick, Simon Nemec, and Dawson Mercer. A draft pick is what it is, and I’ve certainly laid out the Nemec of it all before, but I feel as though it would be a worthy endeavor to dive into what Mercer actually brings to the table as a player and determine whether or not he deserves to be in these trade conversations. Half of those I’ve spoken to believe him to be a strong, all-situations asset to the team; a player the Devils cannot afford to lose. The other half believes that he is what he is — a 20-goal, 40-point player — and that he’s best used as a trade chip by virtue of his trade value being higher than his on-ice value.” [Devils’ Advocates]

Hockey Links​

The Hurricanes have won the Stanley Cup:

THE @CANES ARE THE 2026 #STANLEYCUP CHAMPIONS!! ️ pic.twitter.com/l6Iy7gUZCD

— NHL (@NHL) June 15, 2026

“Twenty years later, the Carolina Hurricanes are Stanley Cup champions again. Brandon Bussi stopped all 22 shots he faced, and the Hurricanes set off a Stanley Cup celebration with a heavy presence of their fans who made the trip here, defeating the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena on Sunday.” [NHL.com]

Jordan Staal is awarded the Conn Smythe:

#SoundTheSiren captain Jordan Staal is the 2026 Conn Smythe Trophy winner for MVP of the #StanleyCup playoffs, as voted by @ThePHWA.

Staal had a Stanley Cup Final for the ages, becoming the first player to score in each of the first five games in 70 years.

— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) June 15, 2026

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