It all comes down to this.

For the second straight year, the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers will meet in the Stanley Cup Final for a chance to hoist hockey’s ultimate prize.

“You think about it all summer,” forward Matthew Tkachuk said of the Cup Final. “You think about this moment of getting back and the chance to compete. It’s so hard to (get there) and very few players are able to get a chance at one even. If you would’ve asked both of us (Florida and Edmonton) in the middle of the summer we’d have a chance to play for a Stanley Cup rematch, we would both race to sign that paper.”

Hoping to repeat last year’s results, the Panthers grabbed their first ever Stanley Cup in a seven-game classic in their previous battle with the Oilers.

Setting up for another showdown, the storylin

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