Imagine where you were before the season started. Now imagine a time-travelling version of yourself came and told you that the Western Conference final this season would be between the league’s second best team, the Winnipeg Jets, and the division winning Vegas Golden Knights. There is no way you’d believe any of that that for a second.



“Wait, so it wasn’t Edmonton vs. Chicago?”



“No, both those teams missed the playoffs.”



“Well, now I know you’re lying.”



Hockey is a weird sport and the NHL is a weird league where anything is possible. Expect the unexpected. In this case, that’s a team that many figured wouldn’t make the playoffs facing off against an expansion team for a chance to dance in the Stanley Cup final. Both teams were long-shots and now both teams are here.



Before the season started it would’ve made no sense, but it makes perfect sense now with how both...