Who Will Finish Canada’s Stanley Cup Drought?
It’s by no means too early to consider the upcoming NHL season. The final Canadian workforce to win the Stanley Cup was the Montreal Canadiens, over 30 years in the past. The Edmonton Oilers have been a win away from ending the drought this yr, however they got here up brief towards the Florida Panthers in Sport 7 of the 2024 Stanley Cup Remaining.
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The Oilers are bringing again the identical workforce with some new additions. They’re one of many favorites, based on oddsmakers, to make it again to the ultimate. However the query stays: can they get again there?
TSN Overdrive Host Bryan Hayes joined SportsCenter to arrange for the 2024-25 NHL season. Hayes believes that the Edmonton Oilers, who misplaced within the Stanley Cup this yr, have one of the best likelihood to interrupt Canada’s Stanley Cup drought.
** NHLRumors.com transcriptions
Host: “Okay, as for the Oilers, they got here oh so near snapping Canada’s Stanley Cup drought. Now, subsequent season, which Canadian workforce has one of the best likelihood to do it? Do you assume?”
Bryan Hayes: “You simply named them? It’s obtained to be Edmonton as a result of I feel they’re even higher on paper immediately than they have been in recreation seven within the Cup ultimate, proper? Arvidsson arising. I’m a fan. I like the truth that they introduced in Jeff Skinner on a budget, proper?
They introduced again gamers that they wanted to convey again as effectively. Adam Henrique is again. Connor Brown, after a full low season of restoration, of coaching going into subsequent yr. If he performs something like he did within the Cup Remaining, that’s a totally completely different participant and an enormous enhance to their lineup. So I’m an enormous fan of the place Edmonton is at.
I feel Stuart Skinner clearly, obtained a ton of expertise final yr and proved he could be a primary on this league. And Chris Knoblauch, he needed to bounce on a transferring prepare, and he did an unimaginable job. However now he has a full offseason, a full coaching camp, and so they’re going into subsequent yr locked and loaded. I really like the place the Edmonton Oilers are at. I feel they’re chomping on the bit.
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I feel McDavid can be nice. Draisaitl can be nice. I’m not saying something you don’t know. I feel there’s a number of superb Canadian groups. Toronto is admittedly good. Vancouver’s actually good. I feel Winnipeg remains to be good, but it surely’s clear at this level, Edmonton is one of the best workforce within the nation. They’ve one of the best likelihood of breaking that drought, and I feel they’re chasing Florida once more this yr. I’m all around the Oilers having an enormous, massive season.”
Host: “And you know the way hungry they’re, particularly the way it ended final season, proper?”
Do you agree that the Edmonton Oilers will finish Canada’s Stanley Cup?
