Jakub Vrana remembers watching the Washington Capitals and the Pittsburgh Penguins square off in the second round of the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
He saw it not in person, but on TV, as he was in the midst of the Calder Cup Playoffs with Washington’s AHL affiliate, the Hershey Bears.
“It was great hockey, very fast. Both very good teams,” Vrana recalled. “They went to the Game 7, and by a couple of inches, by a little bit maybe, (Pittsburgh) moved to the next round.