Earlier than the puck drops for Sport 1 of the 2025 Stanley Cup Ultimate (June 4, 8 p.m. ET on TNT, truTV, MAX, SN, CBC & TVAS), the Oilers and Panthers will take to the podiums at Rogers Place for Media Day as the 2 golf equipment set the scene for the eleventh rematch in Ultimate historical past.
* Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov added two NHL Awards to his increasing trophy case, repeating because the Frank J. Selke Trophy winner and claiming his first King Clancy Memorial Trophy – each introduced throughout a shock go to by a number of ladies and boys from Joe DiMaggio Kids’s Hospital.
* At present’s Morning Skate attracts from the “How They Have been Constructed” part within the 2025 Stanley Cup Ultimate Info Information (pages 9-10), specializing in the contingent of first-round draft picks scoring at historic charges for the Oilers and the prolonged record of acquisitions powering the Panthers. The publication, linked above and obtainable on the League’s media website, consists of complete statistics, information and tendencies from each the Ultimate and whole postseason.
ROGERS PLACE HOSTS MEDIA DAY AHEAD OF GAME 1 OF THE STANLEY CUP FINAL
It was practically a 12 months in the past when the Oilers seized the eye of the hockey world and have become the third group in NHL historical past to rally from a 3-0 sequence deficit to power a Sport 7 within the Stanley Cup Ultimate, however now Edmonton and Florida will set the stage for the sequel with Media Day at Rogers Place.
* Media Day begins at 11 a.m. MT / 1 p.m. ET with an Oilers observe at Rogers Place, adopted by media availability with normal supervisor Stan Bowman and head coach Kris Knoblauch, adopted by gamers (beginning at roughly 11:45 a.m. MT / 1:45 p.m. ET). The Panthers will maintain a media availability with normal supervisor Invoice Zito and head coach Paul Maurice, adopted by gamers beginning at roughly 2 p.m. MT / 4 p.m. ET. Particulars can be found for registered customers on Media.NHL.com.
* The Stanley Cup Ultimate will return to TNT for U.S. viewers this 12 months and lead analyst Eddie Olczyk will play an element in narrating the best-of-seven showdown – his twentieth Ultimate as a member of the media. The Stanley Cup champion and veteran of greater than 1,000 NHL video games related with NHL.com’s Shawn Roarke forward of Media Day to debate his pleasure of watching “the celebs and game-breakers” within the Oilers-Panthers rematch.
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ROSTERS FOR OILERS, PANTHERS POPULATED BY MIX OF DRAFT PICKS, ADDITIONS
Connor McDavid (No. 1 in 2015) and Aleksander Barkov (No. 2 in 2013) are two of the a number of gamers set to seem within the Stanley Cup Ultimate that have been chosen by the Oilers or Panthers within the NHL Draft. Edmonton’s personal picks have mixed for a League-leading 91 factors in these playoffs (FLA: 45) after accumulating 149 final 12 months, which trailed solely 5 groups for the very best single-postseason complete in NHL historical past (1983 NYI: 176; 1981 NYI: 176; 1980 NYI: 171; 1982 NYI: 168; 1985 CHI: 166).
* Most gamers set to seem within the Ultimate have been signed as free brokers, acquired by way of trades or claimed off waivers, together with Trent Frederic (acquired March 4, 2025) and Kasperi Kapanen (claimed Nov. 19, 2024) for Edmonton in addition to Sam Bennett (acquired April 12, 2021) and Carter Verhaeghe (signed Oct. 9, 2020) for Florida. Frederic (Sport 6 of R1), Kapanen (Sport 5 of R2), Bennett (Sport 5 of R1) and Verhaeghe (Sport 5 of CF) account for 4 series-clinching targets this postseason.
* Most present Panthers gamers have been added since Invoice Zito was named normal supervisor Sept. 2, 2020 (together with Matthew Tkachuk by way of a blockbuster commerce lower than two years later), with the one exceptions being Sergei Bobrovsky (signed July 1, 2019), Aaron Ekblad (drafted 2014) and Barkov (drafted 2013). Zito is trying to obtain a uncommon feat already completed by Stan Bowman and Ken Holland, who’re chargeable for securing the lion’s share of present Oilers gamers.
Extra notable connections on eve of Stanley Cup Ultimate startingSelected first general one 12 months aside, Aaron Ekblad (No. 1 in 2014) and Connor McDavid (No. 1 in 2015) are set to go head-to-head within the Ultimate for a second straight 12 months, with McDavid aiming to perform the identical feat Ekblad did in 2024: win his first Stanley Cup a decade into his profession.
* McDavid was chosen by the Oilers at BB&T Heart (now Amerant Financial institution Enviornment). McDavid had the series-clinching aim throughout Sport 5 of the Western Convention Ultimate and may develop into the fourth participant in League historical past with a Stanley Cup clincher on the venue the place he was drafted, following Brendan Shanahan (Sport 5 of 2002 SCF) at Joe Louis Enviornment in addition to Kirk Muller (Sport 5 of 1993 SCF) and Doug Gilmour (Sport 6 of 1989 SCF) at Montreal Discussion board. Shanahan scored the winner to remove Paul Maurice and Kasperi Kapanen’s father, Sami.
* Ekblad (No. 1), Sam Reinhart (No. 2), Leon Draisaitl (No. 3), Sam Bennett (No. 4) and Kapanen (No. 22) all have been chosen in Spherical 1 of the 2014 NHL Draft. The Ultimate is about to mark the third in NHL historical past to function 5 first-round picks from the identical NHL Draft, following championship sequence in 2012 (5 from 2003: Steve Bernier, Dustin Brown, Jeff Carter, Zach Parise & Mike Richards) and 1979 (5 from 1973: Rick Chartraw, Pierre Larouche, Dave Maloney, Doug Risebrough & Mario Tremblay).
* Bennett and McDavid performed along with the Toronto Marlboros minor hockey program and related on a aim in the course of the 2012 OHL Cup last, after they fell in time beyond regulation to the Mississauga Rebels. Bennett and McDavid teamed up once more practically 13 years later for Canada on the 4 Nations Face-Off and every had a aim in the course of the championship sport, with McDavid scoring the time beyond regulation winner this time.
* Jonah Gadjovich is about to make his Ultimate debut. His uncle, Blair MacDonald, was the Oilers’ second captain because the franchise joined the NHL and one other uncle, Tony MacDonald, has his named engraved on the Cup as an newbie scout with the 2006 Hurricanes. Carolina ousted Edmonton in seven video games throughout that Ultimate.
BARKOV WINS KING CLANCY MEMORIAL TROPHY and FRANK J. SELKE TROPHY
Aleksander Barkov was named winner of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy and Frank J. Selke Trophy because the League started unveiling recipients for NHL Awards on Monday. The Panthers’ captain was in a group assembly when he obtained each trophies throughout a particular shock presentation from a number of ladies and boys from Joe DiMaggio Kids’s Hospital.
* The Stanley Cup Ultimate is about to function the Selke Trophy recipient in addition to this season’s Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy winner, Leon Draisaitl. The championship sequence will mark the second in NHL historical past to pit the Selke winner towards the participant with probably the most common season targets that 12 months, following the 1987 Ultimate between Flyers captain Dave Poulin and Oilers captain Wayne Gretzky.
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