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The Stanley Cup finals begin Wednesday night, pitting two billion-dollar groups – the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers – towards one another in a best-of-seven sequence in a rematch of final yr’s finals, which the Panthers gained in seven video games.
The Oilers and the Panthers are valued within the billions, with Forbes discovering them to be the sixth and twenty fourth most-valuable NHL groups, respectively.
Edmonton heads into the Stanley Cup Ultimate with an estimated worth of $2.65 billion, in response to the outlet’s yearly rating of NHL groups launched in December.
Connor McDavid, #97 of the Edmonton Oilers, appears to be like on throughout apply previous to the 2025 Stanley Cup Ultimate towards the Florida Panthers at Rogers Place on June 3, 2025 in Edmonton, Alberta. (Steph Chambers/Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
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The Oilers noticed a 43% bounce of their worth between 2023 and 2024, Forbes reported.
In the meantime, the worth of the Panthers, the reigning Stanley Cup champions, skilled an 81% enhance in worth, hitting $1.4 billion, per the outlet.
EDMONTON, ALBERTA – JUNE 21: Aleksander Barkov, #16 of the Florida Panthers, reacts after scoring a aim towards the Edmonton Oilers throughout the third interval of Recreation Six of the 2024 Stanley Cup Ultimate at Rogers Place on June 21, 2024 in Edmonton, Alber (Bruce Bennett/Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
The primary and second video games of the 2025 Stanley Cup Ultimate will likely be performed in Edmonton because of the Oilers having a greater document within the common season, NHL.com reported.
If the Panthers win this yr’s Stanley Cup Ultimate, it might mark their second-ever championship title and their second in a row. A win for the Oilers could be Edmonton’s sixth time lifting the Cup within the group’s historical past, with them having final gained it in 1990, which was their first and solely Stanley Cup championship with out NHL legend, Wayne Gretzky.
The Stanley Cup is on show throughout Media Day previous to the 2025 Stanley Cup Ultimate between the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers at Rogers Place on June 3, 2025 in Edmonton, Alberta. (Steph Chambers/Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
The Stanley Cup, which gamers historically hoist after successful the Ultimate, weighs over 34 kilos.