As the great Guy Lafleur said, “You do not play hockey for good seasons. You play to win the Stanley Cup.” And in 2025, the fight for the NHL ‘s biggest trophy is as close as it gets. The Panthers and the Oilers, two juggernauts of their respective conferences, and both have every right to claim the cup for themselves. In fact, the Panthers are trying to make it 2 Stanley Cups in 2 years, while the Oilers are trying to deny the Panthers this time, after failing in 2024.

That’s right. What we have in 2025 is a rematch of the 2024 Stanley Cup Finals (SCF). It went to the wire last year, and the fact that this year’s first game took an overtime goal to separate the 2 teams says everything, doesn’t it? With the kind of stakes on the line, one would think the hockey world would not mis

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