OILERS at PANTHERS, STANLEY CUP FINALS, GAME 7

SUPERSTAR OPPONENTS TAKE LEAD

It’s the rarest of events coming up in the Sunshine state tonight, when the Panthers again welcome the Oiliers to Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida. Not since 1945 has a team led 3 - 0, in the most convincing fashion on top I must add, and thereafter leading to a GAME 7 being a necessity to separate the two opponents in the Stanley Cup Finals.

Fact is even GAME 7’s is a rare occasion in the world’s fastest sport, as they only been played 17 times since the Lord Stanley’s inception to the game - where men and women dance around on millimeters while being chased by bullying skaters going 45mph, wanting you nothing but flat towards the wall til you look like the Coyote ran over by a caterpillar.

So what happened here? Game 1 to 3 looked like the Panthers were on the verge of a sweep making a full embarrassment of the pride of Alberta. I guess we all hockey-nerds had a good laugh about how one-sided this match-up appeared to be, from on-ice to off-ice as Mr Maurice delivered jaw dropping one-liners after another for the media to play around with. Only in Game 1 the Oilers stood up showing they earned their place, what although was nothing for Sergej Bobrovsky making them all quiet…then at that time.

But now, from game 4 to 6 these Panthers has turned into kitties. It makes you wonder what Kris Knoblauch, with support from among others legend Paul Coffey (man he could skate…), finds post playing 3 games in a series. Let me remind you this change of events is not a one-off, but rather mr. Knoblauch and team have made their way to go about their business. Just as they made the Stars fade to grey, they find keys to unlock the path into how to tame the wildest of beasts. As impressive as their superstars play with the kitties, while now secondary scoring rising to the occasion, one can do nothing but applaud the quality and acumen of the entire hockey operations out of Edmonton. Likely ‘The Great One’ is thinking finally there is time to harvest his brother’s (Keith Gretsky) contribution, predicting his Oilers to win tonight's showdown not only by heart, but also by brain. Momentum is with the team he forever will be recognized with.

An Oilers win and they will forever be remembered as the team that did what seemed impossible. Furthermore they will differentiate themselves from the dynasty Oilers winning the Stanley Cup five times in the 80ies-90ies, who perhaps burdened their shoulders more than anything. Or will that end this evening working as that extra spark?

As puck drops tonight, I’m confident it will end up being a big boys game. On one side Finlands pride Alexander Barkov will carry his team, as it appears Matthew Tkachuk suffer from being hurt, and on the other side lord Connor McDavid will carry his, as his side-kick seem - as often is come playoffs - skating on one leg throwing saucers around. Both Mr Barkow and Mr McDavid will surely take no prisoners and lead by example through scoring tonight. A pick as certain as finding golden when drilling for Oil in Alberta. 100%. And not only that, on Caibo you getting this to an awesome 9.00. Thank you, Cai!

Just as certain as with current momentum the Oilers will become legends and earn Canada's pride for the first time since 1993. Lord Stanley is coming home!