Edmonton Oilers Head into the Stanley Cup Finals Amid Intriguing Speculation

Monday, June 2, 2025, 10:20 pm

As Edmonton gears up for its Stanley Cup Finals clash, local fans oscillate between excitement and nerve-wracking anticipation. The build-up sees detailed match schedules and, ironically, swirling rumors about star players potentially departing at a moment when the team should be uniting for victory.

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edmontonjournal.com / Mattias Ekholm beats the odds to return from injury for Stanley Cup Final

“It’s amazing. Six weeks ago, I had no clue where I was going to be at, and most people didn’t think I was going to be in this position"

edmontonjournal.com / MATHESON: For this Cup final, Oilers' Kane is able

With Evander Kane, there is always the game within the game. Intimidation, hits, trying to make life skittish for opposition players, like when he went after Matthew Tkachuk when he was in Calgary on that dynamite Flames’ line with Johnny Gaudreau and Elias Lindholm in Round 2 of the 2022 playoffs,…

theglobeandmail.com / Excitement, nervousness and a sense of déjà vu as Edmonton prepares for the Stanley Cup Finals this week

In the blocks around Rogers Place, billboards and stores repeated the city’s mantras, which have become far closer to incantations now than simple slogans

ledevoir.com / Des Oilers reposés vont affronter les Panthers

Le premier match de la finale de la Coupe Stanley aura lieu mercredi.

edmontonjournal.com / Toronto and New York insiders speculate on McDavid leaving Edmonton Oilers. Seriously?

No sooner had the Edmonton Oilers fought their way to their second consecutive Stanley Cup Final than hockey columnists in New York and Toronto fired up their laptops this weekend to speculate on McDavid signing his next contract with the Rangers or the Maple Leafs. First came an over-the-top…

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