While far from ideal, the Edmonton Oilers loss in the Stanley Cup Final could be what keeps Connor McDavid around long term.

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;

McDavid felt the Oilers were going nowhere doing the same thing over and over again throughout the six-game Stanley Cup Final defeat. "I mean obviously their forecheck was great," McDavid said after the game.