We don't need to, at this stage the only thing that matters, is the Cats winning the Stanley Cup!
That will hurt the Oilers far more than any fight on the ice.
It's all about keeping your head, not losing it at this stage.
I mean you always want to see your team win but if I had to pick a team to lose to from the East playoff teams, the Panthers would probably be at the top of that list. They’ve been around quite a while now and have never won a cup. Plus before I moved to Edmonton in my teens I was a Colorado Avalanche fan and got to enjoy seeing Uwe Krupp crush their dreams back in the 90’s, so it would be a bit of poetic justice for me personally. Though that series wasn’t particularly close and I think this series will be closer which in my opinion makes it more heartbreaking for the loser.
Either way it shakes out though as an Oilers fan, I’ll be happy with their season. Seeing them start to realize their full potential as a team and be able to win in different ways and play tight defensive hockey when they need to. They will be able to keep the team intact for another run next year and possibly even add depending on what they do this summer. Also, ending the Canucks season is a real nice consolation prize, between that, a cup finals appearance, and seeing the growth of a team overcoming situations they would of folded in the past is all positives.
Thats said, there’s still a lot of hockey and with McDavid and Draisaitl I don’t think this team is ever out of it. They are special players and they are so close, I wouldn’t bet against them doing some near mythical shit. Like the mother who summoned otherworldly strength to lift a burning house off her baby. I actually think that happened in Florida as well, the crazy stories always happen in Florida.