Sixteen groups made the sphere for the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs, however the checklist has been whittled down to 2. For the second time in as a few years, the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers are dealing with off within the Stanley Cup Closing.
Do the Oilers end the story, elevating the Cup for the primary time since 1990? Or do the Panthers repeat, establishing a brand new dynasty within the Sunshine State?
Members of ESPN’s hockey household have thought of each prospects and made their picks.
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Stanley Cup Closing
Sean Allen: Panthers in six
Blake Bolden: Oilers in seven
John Buccigross: Oilers in seven
Ryan Callahan: Oilers in six
Cassie Campbell-Pascall: Oilers in seven
Sachin Chandan: Oilers in six
Meghan Chayka: Oilers in seven
Ryan S. Clark: Oilers in seven
Rachel Doerrie: Panthers in six
Emily Kaplan: Oilers in seven
Tim Kavanagh: Oilers in six
Peter Lawrence-Riddell: Panthers in six
Steve Levy: Oilers in seven
Vince Masi: Oilers in 5
Victoria Matiash: Panthers in seven
Sean McDonough: Oilers in seven
Mark Messier: Oilers in seven
AJ Mleczko: Panthers in six
Arda Öcal: Oilers in six
Kristen Shilton: Panthers in seven
John Thoering: Panthers in seven
Bob Wischusen: Panthers in seven
Greg Wyshynski: Panthers in six
Consensus decide: Oilers (14 of 23 picks)
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McDavid: Everyone stepped up in sequence win
Connor McDavid displays on the Oilers heading again to the Stanley Cup Closing to play the Florida Panthers.
