When the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers met in the Stanley Cup Final a year ago, they were very different teams with a gap in deep run experience and toughness almost as far as the longest distance between NHL teams this far in the playoffs.
The Edmonton Oilers battered the Dallas Stars by a 6-3 count in Game 5 at American Airlines Center to win the Western Conference Final in five games. Edmonton's empathetic victory sets up the first ...