We take a deeper look at why the Edmonton Oilers had to watch the Florida Panthers celebrate with the Stanley Cup for a second straight year.

It’s deja vu for the Edmonton Oilers in the worst possible way. For the second-straight season, the Oilers have been eliminated in the Stanley Cup Final by the Florida Panthers. Last year, it took seven games to get to the heartbreak;

The Florida Panthers repeated as Stanley Cup champions by beating the Edmonton Oilers 5-1 in Game 6 of the final on Tuesday night, becoming the NHL’s first back-to-back winners since Tampa Bay in 2020 and ’21 and the third team to do it this century.