There was no collapse. The Florida Panthers are Stanley Cup champions for the first time, and they took about the hardest path possible to the title.
A perk of being the captain of an NHL team is this: If your team wins a championship, you get perhaps the ultimate honor in the sport.
You get to be the player who accepts the Stanley Cup on the ice after the game.
The thrill of victory and agony of defeat that are at stake in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final are next-level. The routes both the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers have taken to reach the winner-take-all clash will take
Kyle Okposo spent most of the season looking up in the standings from his position with the Buffalo Sabres, but thanks to a trade-deadline move, he’s now playing for a chance to win the Stanley Cup for the first time.
Sergei Bobrovsky is trying to rediscover his rhythm before it’s too late. For the Florida Panthers’ top goaltender, that meant sitting out practice on Sunday with one day before Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final at home against the
Connor McDavid admired and looked up to Sidney Crosby as the kind of player he wanted to become one day.
But when McDavid was pretending as a kid to score the goal to win the Stanley Cup, he always imagined himself being in that position.
The thrill of victory and agony of defeat at stake in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final are next-level. The routes both the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers have taken to reach the winner-take-all clash will take that emotion
It’s very simple for the Florida Panthers now: Win on Monday, and you’re Stanley Cup champions. Lose on Monday, and you’re the first team since World War II that blew a 3-0 lead in hockey’s title series.
It’s the greatest offer a team could get at the start of every season: Reach Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, and as an added bonus, play host to it in your rink.