Who Will End Canada’s Stanley Cup Drought?
It is rarely too early to think concerning the upcoming NHL season. The last Canadian team to win the Stanley Cup was the Montreal Canadiens, over 30 years ago. The Edmonton Oilers were a win away from ending the drought this 12 months, but they got here up short against the Florida Panthers in Game 7 of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final.
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The Oilers are bringing back the identical team with some recent additions. They’re one in every of the favorites, based on oddsmakers, to make it back to the ultimate. However the query stays: can they get back there?
TSN Overdrive Host Bryan Hayes joined SportsCenter to arrange for the 2024-25 NHL season. Hayes believes that the Edmonton Oilers, who lost within the Stanley Cup this 12 months, have the very best probability 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, next season, which Canadian team has the very best probability to do it? Do you’re thinking that?”
Bryan Hayes: “You simply named them? It’s got to be Edmonton because I believe they’re even higher on paper today than they were in game seven within the Cup final, right? Arvidsson coming up. I’m a fan. I just like the incontrovertible fact that they brought in Jeff Skinner on the low cost, right?
They brought back players that they needed to bring back as well. Adam Henrique is back. Connor Brown, after a full off-season of recovery, of coaching going into next 12 months. If he plays anything like he did within the Cup Final, that’s a totally different player and an enormous boost to their lineup. So I’m an enormous fan of where Edmonton is at.
I believe Stuart Skinner obviously, got a ton of experience last 12 months and proved he is usually a primary on this league. And Chris Knoblauch, he needed to jump on a moving train, and he did an incredible job. But now he has a full offseason, a full training camp, and so they’re going into next 12 months locked and loaded. I like where the Edmonton Oilers are at. I believe they’re chomping on the bit.
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I believe McDavid will likely be great. Draisaitl will likely be great. I’m not saying anything you don’t know. I believe there’s just a few superb Canadian teams. Toronto is actually good. Vancouver’s really good. I believe Winnipeg continues to be good, but it surely’s clear at this point, Edmonton is the very best team within the country. They’ve the very best probability of breaking that drought, and I believe they’re chasing Florida again this 12 months. I’m all around the Oilers having an enormous, big season.”
Host: “And you already know how hungry they’re, especially the way it ended last season, right?”
Do you agree that the Edmonton Oilers will end Canada’s Stanley Cup?
