EDMONTON -- Seth Jones had a smile on his face as he started his media session on Tuesday. For the first time in his 12-season NHL career, the Florida Panthers defenseman gets to play hockey in June.

“It feels good,” Jones said at Stanley Cup Final media day. “I think just trying to take it all in, take in the moment, not get too far ahead of myself and think about a lot of other things I could be thinking about. Hanging out with my teammates tonight and just enjoy the situation I’m in and try to make the most of it.”

It gets real for Jones when the Panthers play the Edmonton Oilers in Game 1 of the best-of-7 Stanley Cup Final at Rogers Place here on Wednesday (8 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, TNT, truTV, MAX).

It’s the third consecutive season the Panthers have advanced to the Cup Final, a

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