The resilient Oilers have passed beyond the playing-for-pride stage and are now playing for a title
Edmonton Oilers left wing Zach Hyman celebrates after scoring a goal during the second period of Game 5 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals against the Florida Panthers. The Oilers won 5-3 on June 18, 2024, in Sunrise, Fla.One hundred and five games into their season, the Edmonton Oilers have discovered the thing that brings out their best – existential dread.
In Game 5, the rules flipped. When Florida was pouring down on the Oilers early, nothing could leak into the Edmonton net. When the Panthers got an early power play, Edmonton scored instead. From that point on, it was mostly downhill sledding. Well, not really. But the Oilers got there. The series resumes Friday in what promises to be a cancel-all-leaves sort of night in Edmonton.The macro point of this match-up was always staging a two-week advertisement for McDavid. If you want to sell the league’s best talent, you need to put him in the biggest production. This is his shot.
“You guys have been on that flight,” McDavid said. “It’s not the most enjoyable flight.” Some quick wit pointed out that the players and the reporters are on very different sorts of flights.The odds are always pretty good that the best player in hockey will be a Canadian. But what’s the likelihood of that guy beingHis off-ice reticence contrasted with his on-ice exuberance is the key to McDavid’s brand.
The Red Wings gave the entire city of Toronto a reason to want them dead, while psyching themselves out in the process. A platoon of life coaches couldn’t have elicited a better incentive to performance.
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