The Stanley Cup final is over, but the summer of hockey is just getting started

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A new Stanley Cup champion was crowned last night in Florida, where the Colorado Avalanche dethroned the Tampa Bay Lightning with a 2-1 win in Game 6 of the final. The Avalanche's victory ended Tampa Bay's hopes of becoming the NHL's first three-peat champion in 40 years and gave Colorado its first Cup since 2001 — and the first for the Avs' current core group of Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Mikko Rantanen and captain Gabriel Landeskog. MacKinnon scored last night to finish with a share of the post-season goals lead with 13, while Makar became the youngest defenceman since Bobby Orr in 1970 to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of the playoffs. On a less-positive note, Nicolas Aube-Kubel dented the bottom of the Cup when he dropped it during the on-ice celebration.

So that's a wrap on the 2021-22 NHL season. But more big hockey news happened today, and there's plenty more interesting stuff to come over the next few weeks. Here's a rundown:

The Sedin twins headlined the new Hockey Hall of Fame class announced today. Drafted back-to-back by Vancouver in 1999, Daniel and Henrik spent their entire 17-season NHL careers together with the Canucks. They finished with eerily similar point totals (1,041 and 1,070, respectively), won the scoring title in consecutive years and even signed identical contracts. So it's only fitting that they'll go into the Hall of Fame together this fall. The Sedins will be joined by their former Vancouver teammate Roberto Luongo and longtime Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson, who finally made it in his fifth year of eligibility. The other player