Hockey fans, the most wonderful time of the year has arrived: the Stanley Cup playoffs. And the 2025 version might be as good as ever, with what looks like a wide-open race going into the postseason.

Rival NSW and Queensland coaches Laurie Daley and Billy Slater have been forced to rethink their line-ups for Origin I after Jake Trbojevic and Tom Gilbert were injured. Trbojevic, who captained ...