Carolina-Vegas Final Has No Safe Read

The Stanley Cup Final is here, and nobody is pretending this matchup comes with an obvious script. Carolina and Vegas have enough firepower, structure, and ego in the room to make every adjustment feel like a mini-series of its own. The market may want a clean pick, but this is the kind of Final where one hot goalie, one bad pinch, or one weird bounce can tilt the whole thing. That uncertainty is exactly why this series has the feel of a coin flip with championship pressure attached.