![Tony Gutierrez Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid, center left, and Dallas Stars center Wyatt Johnston (53) participate in the puck drop at the beginning of the second overtime in Game 1 of the NHL hockey Western Conference Stanley Cup playoff finals, Thursday, May 23, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/6a720631a4e94b9a8b9127b6c7a7d86b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid, center left, and Dallas Stars center Wyatt Johnston (53) participate in the puck drop at the beginning of the second overtime in Game 1 of the NHL hockey Western Conference Stanley Cup playoff finals, Thursday, May 23, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
![Tony Gutierrez Edmonton Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner, second from left, celebrates with teammates after they beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 in double overtime in Game 1 of the NHL hockey Western Conference Stanley Cup playoff finals, Thursday, May 23, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3a41f0776c534d0b82e57a0d749cfe70/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Edmonton Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner, second from left, celebrates with teammates after they beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 in double overtime in Game 1 of the NHL hockey Western Conference Stanley Cup playoff finals, Thursday, May 23, 2024, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
![Jason Franson Newly named Edmonton Oilers general manager Ken Holland speaks during a news conference in Edmonton, Alberta, May 7, 2019. Holland and Dallas Stars GM Jim Nill were teammates in junior hockey nearly a half-century ago with big aspirations as players. Their names are together on the Stanley Cup four times, not as players but rather for their front-office roles with the Red Wings during Detroit's run of championships from 1997-2008.
Now they are general managers of opposing teams in the Western Conference Finas, old friends both hoping to get to another Stanley Cup. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/8cdc63442e3e4200b30ceb46483f8596/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Newly named Edmonton Oilers general manager Ken Holland speaks during a news conference in Edmonton, Alberta, May 7, 2019. Holland and Dallas Stars GM Jim Nill were teammates in junior hockey nearly a half-century ago with big aspirations as players. Their names are together on the Stanley Cup four times, not as players but rather for their front-office roles with the Red Wings during Detroit's run of championships from 1997-2008. Now they are general managers of opposing teams in the Western Conference Finas, old friends both hoping to get to another Stanley Cup. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
![Lm Otero FILE - Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill speaks to reporters during a news conference at the NHL hockey team's practice facility in Frisco, Texas, June 8, 2023. Ken Holland and Nill were teammates in junior hockey nearly a half-century ago with big aspirations as players. Their names are together on the Stanley Cup four times, not as players but rather for their front-office roles with the Red Wings during Detroit's run of championships from 1997-2008.
Now they are general managers of opposing teams in the Western Conference finals, old friends both hoping to get to another Stanley Cup. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d960f094481348778a3cb874c1d06418/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill speaks to reporters during a news conference at the NHL hockey team's practice facility in Frisco, Texas, June 8, 2023. Ken Holland and Nill were teammates in junior hockey nearly a half-century ago with big aspirations as players. Their names are together on the Stanley Cup four times, not as players but rather for their front-office roles with the Red Wings during Detroit's run of championships from 1997-2008. Now they are general managers of opposing teams in the Western Conference finals, old friends both hoping to get to another Stanley Cup. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)