Florida Panthers defeat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3, and are your 2024 Stanley Cup Champions!

[Sasha Orlov]

Absolute insanity there are Oilers fans blaming Skinner.

He played out of his mind for 3 games in a row, and only let in 2 goals this game, and the team with McDavid, Drai, and Hyman could only get one of the board? You blame him? LOL. Wild.

So real

 

[Extra Texture]

Evan Rodrigues is a beauty as well, hang on to him for dear life.

E Rod the Stanley Cup God. He’s a beauty, so glad he parlayed that spell with the Pens into a payday and now a ring (which he played a big part in winning)

 

[HF007]

S/o to Connor “Dan Marino” McDavid

 

[GermanPanther]

WE DID IT. In the End we made it.

 

[JoeSakic13]

Cup stays in America. This is out house

 

[Dust]

Bob was .899 and Skinner was .909 SV% for the series. You can't blame Skinner. I don't know why people are looking to toss blame around anyways, it was a 1 goal game in game 7, that's just a great competitive series.

 

[Kingsfan1]

The odd part is their bottom six had a great series

Absolutely. They outplayed the top 6 id say for most of the series and had their legs and game going today as well . He should have played them more there in the 3rd and Mcdavid would have had more energy to try to tie the game there at the end .

They have only 10 million in cap space and many notable free agents . I truly think this was their best chance to win the cup .

Henrique , Janmark , Brown , Foegele players who are important for their penalty kill and bring some much needed depth to their lineup are UFA’s. Not sure what theyre going to do .

 

[End on a Hinote]

Rogers had big time homer TV ads during the game saying "Bring the cup home to Canada" or something like that.

That sure backfired. lol

They have those, literally, every year. And they are annoying as shit each time.

 

[Zalos]

He only needs one more to complete the set.

I think at this point there is a 80% chance the team he is on after the trade deadline next year makes it to the Finals. Mark my words!

Ya i know thats absurd ! Knoblauch screwed it up there in the 3rd but hes a great coach. He took a team that everyone says has a terrible goalie and supposedly suck at defense and turned them into one of the best defensive played teams i have ever seen since 2012 LA kings and had the best PK that not one team ever figured out throughout the series and entirety of the post season .

I wonder if their PK will be this good next year.

Also, I can't wait to find out what was Draisaitl's injury. The guy really needs to stay healthy for ONE playoffs run.

 

[PromisedLand]

Awful final minute for Edmonton. This game will haunt McDavid for the rest of his life

Skinner gave up a softie. I don't even want to imagine what he must be feeling right now

 

[Sombastate]

What a game. What a series. Congrats to Florida fans. Sorry to Oiler fans.

McDavid will be back and hopefully next time the German won't be a corpse. He was clearly hurt.

Best finals in a while

 

[HockeyRulez]

Feels good!

 

[CatscratchFever]

Janmark and Mcbullshit can suck it.

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

McDavid was a no-show in the last 2 games of his career which were his biggest and Drai choked the entire series.

Goalie Bob was back tonight...congrats to all the Panthers fans!!!

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Verhaeghe and Reinhart showed up tonight. Reinhart with the biggest goal of his career. Teams will be lining up for Reinharts services if he isn't resigned next week by Zito.

 

[Kingsfan1]

He only needs one more to complete the set.

I think at this point there is a 80% chance the team he is on after the trade deadline next year makes it to the Finals. Mark my words!


I wonder if their PK will be this good next year.

Henrique , Janmark , Brown , Foegele players who are important for their penalty kill and bring some much needed depth to their lineup are UFA’s. Broberg and Holloway need new contracts . And few others but i mentioned the above 4 because theyre integral in their amazing PK that allowed Mcdavid to not kill any penalties and be fresh for 5 on 5 . Not sure what theyre going to do nor if their penalty kill will be as good as it was . They were near perfect tbh this post season

 

[DearDiary]

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Is that McLeods mom on the right?

 

[Bounces R Way]

I feel the same as a fellow rival.

Oilers earned alot of respect fighting back all year. Early in the year I didn't think they'd make the playoffs, I certainly didn't think they'd extend the series past 5 games at 0-3. The way they elevated their defensive game/PK in the playoffs was very impressive.

Nothing to be ashamed of, but yes thank god FLA pulled it out.

They finally found a coach that knows what he's doing and that worries me definitely. The Oiler team defense and especially their PK in these playoffs was quite good.

Getting this result is a big step but it's also in year 9 of McDavid, with competent management they would have already been here once or twice. Quite possibly there's only a year or two left with a generational talent.

 

[Kiekura]

I did not believe. I did not believe at all that Florida could turn this, but they f***ing did it!

Thank you. So happy

 

[roccerfeller]

Not what Oiler fans want to hear but they should be proud of their team this season. Went against so much adversity and doubt (from myself included)


Panthers fans - Congratulations ! I was cheering Paul Maurice on and super happy to see him win it. His on ice interview post game is one of the greatest cup winning interviews by a coach ever

 

[RogerRoger]

This is nice.

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

Connor Mcdavid well never be as good as Crosby and Mackinnon without a cup

Especially when he no-shows in big games.

 

[Pablo El Perro]

Skinner gave up a softie. I don't even want to imagine what he must be feeling right now

Bob made a save that bounced in..

 

[Banjo Cat]

I think maybe the Oilers just can't math and let Florida have it so they could win Game 8 at home.

 

[roccerfeller]

Yeah, Canadian teams never do. It's the way things are. Anyone who thought the Oilers were going to win was only fooling themselves.

Don’t forget, panthers fans were here last season….

The core of this oiler group will still be here next year and while it stings now, it might not this time next year