EDMONTON – Too little, too late…a tale as old as time.
The Edmonton Oilers drop Game 6 in the Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers. Because of that, the Panthers are walking away as the back-to-back Champions.
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After being suffocated by the Panthers over the first 40 minutes, they stormed the net with reckless abandon and an urgency that would have been useful for the two previous periods.
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EDMONTON – “That’s actually a discussion in our room and there are some painful answers.”
Matthew Tkachuk scored his eighth goal of the postseason while Sam Reinhart delivered his eighth, ninth, and tenth goals of the playoffs. Reinhart’s first goal was the dagger that ended the Oilers’ season with another heartbreak.
Earlier in the day, Leon Draisaitl said that they hadn’t played their best yet in the series. Ultimately, if this is truly the case, they never showed up with their best in this series.
Both teams were a better version of the team that had shown up the year previous. However, the Panthers had improved more and their combined offensive and defensive game was enough to suffocate the chances of the Oilers winning the Stanley Cup.
There’s always next year.
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