The superstar forward Nate MacKinnon scored, the generational defenseman Cale Makar soared, the captain Gabe Landeskog skated with the Stanley Cup held high, the one and only Jack Johnson took a handoff for his own emotional turn, and the Avalanche dethroned the two-time defending champion Lightning in Game 6 of the Final, 2-1, on a special Sunday night for the sport of hockey in Tampa, Fla.
Which raised, for me, mostly this one question, if I'm being honest: When does our city get to have even a fraction of all that fun again?