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Logan Stankoven was 7 years old and Jackson Blake on the verge of his seventh birthday when Taylor Hall was the No. 1 pick in the 2010 NHL draft.<\/p>\n

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Fast-forward more than a decade and a half later, and the \u201cKids and the Hall\u201d line was a huge reason the Carolina Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreat all playoffs, all year,\u201d coach Rod Brind\u2019Amour said. \u201cTheir game really hasn\u2019t changed for months.\u201d<\/p>\n

Offsetting power-play struggles through the first three rounds and sagging production from the top line of Seth Jarvis, Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov for much of the playoffs, Hall, Stankoven and Blake combined for 29 of the Hurricanes\u2019 66 goals in their title run.<\/p>\n

That included the two scored on Carter Hart in Game 6 against Vegas to close out the final.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose two just work so hard,\u201d Blake said. \u201cThey make it a whole lot easier on me to play out there, for sure. They were unbelievable all playoffs long, and it was so fun and to cap it off with this is very special.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hall had what will go down as the Game 6 winner, completing at 18 seasons the longest stretch between getting picked first and winning the Cup. The 34-year-old winger who was NHL MVP in 2017-18 while playing for New Jersey thrived as a role player with Carolina, his seventh team in the league.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou never know what kind of turn your life\u2019s going to take,\u201d said Hall, who joined Carolina from Chicago as part of a three-team trade in January 2025 and signed an extension a few months later. \u201cI got fortunate coming here. A special group to do it with. They allowed me, personally, just to come in and have success and that says a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

In that same deal, the Hurricanes got big winger Mikko Rantanen from Colorado. He lasted just 13 games with them before getting flipped to Dallas.<\/p>\n

The centerpiece of that return was Stankoven, who was most of the way through his first season with the Stars.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI didn\u2019t see it coming,\u201d Stankoven said. \u201cIt was tough at first just to kind of swallow it and realize that I was getting shipped out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stankoven became the center Carolina needed and led the team in playoff goals with 11. Blake assisted on Hall\u2019s goal and scored the second one Sunday night, showing up big as the youngest player to lift the Cup this time.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no words right now,\u201d the 22-year-old Blake said. \u201cI\u2019m out of breath. But this is the greatest feeling I\u2019ve ever had in my life. It\u2019s unbelievable. And to do it with these guys, my family here and everyone here supporting us, it\u2019s unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n

It all worked because Stankoven was able to fill the void in the middle that had prevented the Hurricanes from getting over the hump.<\/p>\n

Hall became the muscle. Blake was the distributor. Stankoven turned out to be the finisher, while also creating the offense at even strength.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s what you dream of as a kid is to obviously, one, win a Stanley Cup, but you want to be a difference-maker in the NHL,\u201d the 23-year-old Stankoven said. \u201cI know that I\u2019m not a finished product. I still have work to put in, and I\u2019m still a young guy. I just want to keep working at my game and just being a sponge.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the Stars are more than happy to have Rantanen in his prime, Stankoven made the best of the move 15 months ago. Last summer, he signed a $48 million contract through 2034 and already looks to be worth every penny.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything kind of happens for a reason,\u201d Stankoven said. \u201cDallas got their player, and I just want to become the best version of myself here in Carolina.\u201d<\/p>\n

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AP NHL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/stanley-cup and https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nhl<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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