The National Hockey League completed their announcement schedule for all of the 2025-26 NHL Awards winners, with yesterday’s news that Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov won the Hart Trophy as the league’s most-valuable player. Today, we will review all the recipients and look at how close any Dallas Stars were in the voting to these awards. Then we’ll discuss last night’s Stanley Cup Final Game 5, with a full Luds’ What The Puck breakdown, as the Carolina Hurricanes took a 3-2 series lead over the Vegas Golden Knights. Then some NHL News & Notes, including the Stars being mentioned in the latest Dylan Larkin trade rumors.