It was one of the
best playoff games I’ve seen in years.
The focus should have just been on how the two Florida teams, at long last, had played each other for the first time in the playoffs and delivered an instant classic.
But what dominated the conversation on social media was the accusation from rival fans that the Lightning had cheated the system by having Nikita Kucherov return for Game 1 of the playoffs after missing the entire regular season recovering from hip surgery.
