Talk:2014 Stanley Cup Finals

Captainless
Trivia note, which could be added to the article. The New York Rangers are the first captainless team to reach the Finals, since the 1973 Chicago Blackhawks. GoodDay (talk) 10:03, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

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Why is this article called "Finals" (plural) when the logo, the NHL.com website, etc. all call it the "Final" (singular)? 192.65.41.20 (talk) 00:27, 5 June 2014 (UTC) Never mind, I just read the notice above. How stupid. 192.65.41.20 (talk) 00:28, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
 * It's okay to refer to it in either way, but it does not seem to be the time to re-open the discussion. Some people say Final, some say Finals. I originally thought Finals was best and have changed my mind, but it seems to be either too late to re-open the discussion or too early. The NHL clearly has named it the Final. I think to differentiate from the NBA. Going back in time, it's not even clear when it started to be called the Final or Finals. If you go through the hockey articles you will see both spellings. Alaney2k (talk) 03:37, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, although the NHL officially uses "Final" (singular) now, many reliable sources still use the plural. And what is worse is that some of these sources still inconsistently use "Final" and "Finals" interchangeably. Look at recent news articles: this Fox Sports article uses the singular in the headline, but the plural "Stanley Cup finalS" still appears in the second paragraph of the body of the article. In this CBS Sports.com article, they seem to start using "Final", but the phrase "Cup finals opener" with a "S" seems to suddenly appear in one of the last paragraphs. And this Bleacher Report article uses the S in the headline but not in the body. I blame the NHL for allowing the media to use the plural "Finals" term for several years, and then turn around and officially change it to the singular form, expecting every source to follow suit. Well that is hard when everybody is using "NBA Finals", and dictionaries are starting to follow by officially listing the full definition of the noun "final" as "usually used in plural". Zzyzx11 (talk) 03:57, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

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