NHL hockey fans will have to wait until Monday for the Stanley Cup Final to start, but the head games and war of words is well underway.

Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy tried to get inside Jordan Binnington's head by saying that the B's have a big advantage since several of the Bruins played with Binnington in Providence last year with Cassidy as the team's bench boss (the Blues didn't have an AHL affiliate to send Binnington, so they loaned him to the Bruins).
 

Blues forward Patrick Maroon had a chuckle when Binnington responded with "that's good, I guess," when asked about his history with the Bruins organization.

Maroon played a key role in sending the Blues to their fourth Stanley Cup appearance and first since 1970 when they, coincidentally, played Boston.

Led by Brad Marchand, the Bruins specialize in trash talking and distracting their opponents by forcing them to engage in the rough start.

When asked by Blues beat reporter Jeremy Rutherford, Maroon decided to reveal his hand and inform everyone that he plans to ignore Marchand's antics and simply not engage with him.

Former Blues captain David Backes, who ironically left the team and signed with the Bruins, was contacted by current captain Alex Pietrangelo and was informed that their friendship will temporarily be put on hold.

One thing both sides of teams and fan bases can all agree on is that the start of the Stanley Cup can't come soon enough, considered that the Bruins and Blues have had ten and seven days off in between games, respectively.