WINNIPEG — There is no truth to the rumour that the Stanley Cup will be in the building Thursday night.



No, the winner of Game 7 at Bridgestone Arena does not get crowned champions of the NHL season.



Although you could make the argument they deserve to be.



A series pitting the NHL’s top two regular-season teams has lived up to billing, a titanic, heavyweight fortnight which has not only failed to produce two straight wins by any single team but even within those six games a tug of war of identities and systems prevailing for minutes at a time, but never an entire night.



The free-flowing Jets and the counter-attacking, at times defensively minded Predators play one more game for a berth in the Western Conference final.



“The team that can play as close to their game as possible — their identity game — wins,” stated Jets head coach Paul Maurice on Tuesday.



That’s certainly how it’s played...