The last week of May 2025 has been jam-packed with sports news, which includes the NBA Playoffs and the Stanley Cup. Here is your Friday Roundup.

Tkachuk’s words epitomized why the Panthers’ locker room, led by Aleksander Barkov and largely assembled by Bill Zito and his front-office staff, is so welcoming.

In the West, it's the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl. Got it? Good. Because it's what comes next that counts: there's a superstition that you should NOT touch those trophies or it's bad luck before the Stanley Cup Finals.

The Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers are facing off in the 2025 Stanley Cup Final. Check out NHL championship records and stats now.

One of the most iconic parts of winning the Stanley Cup is the one-by-one passing of the Cup from player to player during the postgame celebration of the team’s win. Each player, starting with the captain of the team (in the ‘99 Stars’ case, that was Derrian Hatcher), gets a minute or so to skate the Cup and soak in the moment.

The New Jersey Devils land Seattle Kraken forward Jared McCann in a recent trade pitch floated by one NHL writer.

The Carolina Hurricanes host the Florida Panthers in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final on Wednesday, May 28.

Edmonton Oilers and NHL legend Wayne Gretzky named a four-time Stanley Cup winning goaltender as the toughest netminder he faced, while making a very sincere admission.