The Stanley Cup is the hardest trophy to win in professional sports. Every season, teams must win 16 games to hoist the 132-year-old Silver Chalice, which was donated by Lord Stanley of Preston, a former Governor General of Canada, in 1892.  Initially called the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, professional hockey clubs from all over Canada
Meaningful games in March and April. That was the goal last fall, supposedly, so by that metric we should consider the 2023-24 Detroit Red Wings’ season a success. Of course it’s not that simple.  With a seemingly-massive lead in the playoff race after tearing through their January and February schedule, it looked like those meaningful