The Florida Panthers and the Edmonton Oilers will meet in the Stanley Cup final for the second consecutive season and the writers and publishers of the NHL.com are divided in the middle of which will win.
Of the 16 staff members who made their predictions, eight have chosen the panthers to repeat while Champs and eight think that the Oilers will take revenge after a defeat of seven games last year.
As for who will win the Conn Smythe Trophy, voted as the most useful player in the playoffs, Captain of Edmonton Connor McDavidThe winner in an effort losing last year, obtained seven votes, with the center Leon Draisaitl get one. For Florida, captain Aleksander Barkov and goalkeeper Sergei Bobrovsky received four votes each.
Here’s how they chose:
Amalia Benjamin, senior writer
Conference finals file: 1-1
Global file: 9-5
TAKE: Oilers in 7
FOR WHAT: It is a difficult choice. But as well as the panthers looked at the first three laps, as intelligent and as obstinate and as faithful to their style that they have played, I just think that Revenge will wear past oilers. They were devastated when they brought the final of the Cup to match 7 last season, losing little by a goal, and they returned hungry and ready. With Stuart Skinner It seems that he can hold the fort in the goal and McDavid and Draisaitl working their magic, I think it is finally time for the best player of the game to overcome the bump and take his cut. Just as the Panthers did after losing the final of the Cup against the Golden Knights of Vegas in 2023 and returning to win the last season, I think the Oilers will be ready to prove themselves and their courage. It’s their year.
Conn Smythe Winner: Leon Draisaitl, Oilers
