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PHT Morning Skate: Where Stanley Cup finals take center stage

Jonathan Toews

Jonathan Toews #19 of the Chicago Blackhawks skates onto the ice during player introductions before taking on the Minnesota Wild in Game Five of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the United Center on May 9, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. The Blackhawks defeated the Wild 5-1 to win the series. (May 8, 2013 - Source: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images North America)

PHT’s Morning Skate takes a look around the world of hockey to see what’s happening and what we’ll be talking about around the NHL world and beyond.

A look at six of the biggest name players on the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks respectively. (CSN Chicago/CSN New England)

At one point, Oilers GM Craig MacTavish reportedly offered the associate coaching position to Rick Bowness, perhaps before he decided to fire head coach Ralph Krueger. Bowness ended up joining the Tampa Bay Lightning. (Edmonton Journal)

Los Angeles Kings forward Anze Kopitar’s postseason struggles created rumors that he was playing through an injury. However, after the Kings were eliminated, Kopitar said that he wasn’t dealing with anything significant. (LA Kings Insider)

Bruins coach Claude Julien feels the gap between the end of the Eastern Conference finals and Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals is ideal. (Boston Herald)

Plenty of the Chicago Blackhawks’ key players have already won the Stanley Cup and the younger players will be looking to them for guidance. (CSN Chicago)

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Brenden Morrow feels “being out and about” when his team was expected to still be in the playoff race borders on embarrassing. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

Comparing Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews to his Boston Bruins counterpart, Zdeno Chara. (Puck Daddy)