Edmonton Oilers fans stunned as Stanley Cup dream dies in Florida: "We came close"
Canada’s latest attempt to bring the Stanley Cup home died dramatically on the edge of the Everglades on Monday, leaving fans from Edmonton to Florida thrilled at the ride but crushed at the destination.
The Oilers fell one game short of a comeback for the ages, winning three in a row to tie the final series only to drop the deciding Game 7 to the Florida Panthers by a score of 2-1.
Thousands of fans who packed the plaza outside Edmonton’s Rogers Place stood in stunned silence watching on a big screen as Panthers players celebrated behind their net and the Florida crowd littered the ice with their trademark good-luck black plastic rats.
Some in Edmonton threw their drinks toward the big screen, a few gave hugs to those standing in sadness, others started walking out with their hands jammed in their pockets.
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As an Oilers fan I'd like to say you have several screws loose if you think we deserved it more than Florida. Yeah it sucks, obviously we're all gutted. But the better team won fair and square and we didn't show up when we really needed to. Huge respect to the Panthers. They got beat last year and came right back to win it a year later, massively impressive. I hope we can do the same, but there's not doubt Florida earned their cup. Enjoy it Panthers fans, we'll be back next year.
@frederickglass1583
4 күн бұрын
No, no you won't. You've got the cap to worry about now with all those bloated contracts, add to the fact Leon is OFFICIALLY in a contract year. If y'all are struggling by early spring, I'd expect Leon to skip town for Boston. THAT happens, and I'd also expect McDerp to demand out of Edmonton as well. You Oilers fans better pray to Gary Bettman that your GM has something other than "have 29/97 carry the team" as a plan, because after a decade, that plan has yet to win you a Cup
@tiredgiraffe
3 күн бұрын
@@frederickglass1583 Respectfully I beg to differ. I think we will have Leon signed up by the end of this calendar year, and I can't see this team struggling by next spring. Yes I remember what happened this past season, I honestly don't think that will happen again. Once Leon signs Connor will sign as well. As for our GM, not sure if you're aware his contract is up. Whoever his replacement is, they have a lot more to say now than "29/97 carry the team". This team actually has depth now, not sure if you watched us this past season but neither Connor nor Leon led scoring. Get Janmark, Desharnais, and Corey Perry signed on new deals, slot Broberg into the D, and I think we're in a better place next year. IMHO
@user-lz9xz6lu3u
2 күн бұрын
Nice to see an honest Oilers fan who speaks realistically !!
@trentblakeslee6643
Күн бұрын
Yeah and were were the roits like in Vancover in 2011!! Guess Edmonton is not as much of a hockey town
Didn’t deserve it? Cry me a river, the better team won 🏆
@RJ-ht5jl
5 күн бұрын
YEAH CAUSE YOU DID
@mikefox4247
5 күн бұрын
"Deserve's got nothin' to do with it" -William Munny
@russell-di8js
5 күн бұрын
True that
@RJ-ht5jl
5 күн бұрын
@@mikefox4247 GUYS YOU SOUND LIKE RIVER TO ME
@josepht3548
5 күн бұрын
Panthers won their first cup, let them enjoy it.
That lady is right, the Panthers didn’t deserve the Cup, they earned it! No team deserves the Stanley Cup, you earn it!
@edmundgonzalez8731
4 күн бұрын
BINGO! There was a short video they played before the game, at least in our market, titled "Gloves: The story of Phil Pritchard and the Stanley Cup". He says 'To touch the Stanley Cup, you have to earn it.' Well said, both of you...
@user-lz9xz6lu3u
2 күн бұрын
I hope she seen your comment!!
Oh we don’t deserve it? And they called us classless. What hypocrisy
@Birdman957
Күн бұрын
@@Canadian981 😂😂😂 whatever man
@Mik3yu__
21 сағат бұрын
@@Canadian981 I’m gonna need an umbrella for your tears brodie
@Steph489
9 сағат бұрын
@@Canadian981 OK and what does that have to do with anything?
@dannyf96
Сағат бұрын
@@Canadian981cope
I live in South Florida and the Florida Panthers definitely deserved the Stanley Cup
“THEY don’t deserve it, WE do”… Yeah, I felt a little bad for these fans until I heard that lol. Go Cats
@ToddSnow
5 күн бұрын
Dude it was one fan. There’s fans like that across every organization. Imagine being so ignorant that you can’t recognize that. Ironic how you painted yourself in the same brush as her just by making that comment. Congrats panthers.
@HockeyFan102
4 күн бұрын
Don’t feel bad for them they trash talked all playoffs long on social media. Horrible fans
@user-lz9xz6lu3u
2 күн бұрын
That girl @ 1:45 sounds like a cocky Make Me Laffs Fan!!!!!!
1:44 "They dont deserve it" Bold of you to say when we've been the punching bag of the league for nearly our entire existence.
Why didn't Florida deserve this? It's been the second time in a row as they were in the finals. Well-deserved Panthers. Good luck to Oilers next year 😊
@zamtil
5 күн бұрын
They did, they were the better team...
@Wabin22
5 күн бұрын
She is just salty and a sore loser. Both teams fought incredibly hard. I hope Edmonton takes it next year!
@dustinwatkins7843
5 күн бұрын
no such thing as panthers in florida might as well call them the florida penquins
@dustinwatkins7843
5 күн бұрын
lying down in the net such cheaters
@TrueMr.Quinn1
5 күн бұрын
@@dustinwatkins7843someone doesn’t read very much, you should try looking it up bud
To the blonde lady, tell me why Florida didn’t deserve it?
@peterbaini8752
11 сағат бұрын
They have no skill, they play a primative style of hockey that's boring to watch
@Steph489
9 сағат бұрын
@@peterbaini8752 do you need a bucket for your tears or some thing?
@Steph489
9 сағат бұрын
No team deserves to win the team earned it the Florida Panthers earned it she’s just mad
That young lady said that FL didn't deserved to win the Cup and Edmonton did. Life/sports is not about deserving it. Is about seizing the moment when the moment arrives.
@airdrifter9578
5 күн бұрын
She's jumped on the wagon this year , she won't watch a regular season game and has zero hockey knowledge . They're fan base is full of them
Nuck fans should be happy for Roberto Luongo winning his standly cup
Yes! Thank you, Florida, from the rest of Canada!
@bruce8321
5 күн бұрын
You are not speaking for the mass of Canadians who wanted the Oilers to win it.
@t3jf
5 күн бұрын
@bruce8321 Sure, I am, and it was glorious to see! 🐱>💩. Coliers are just a dirty team
@ask1believe1receive1
5 күн бұрын
@@bruce8321if you’ve been on social media you can see a lot of Canadians didn’t want The Oilers to win
@user-vu8zn8sy9b
5 күн бұрын
Да, Флорина сильней.
@donnieblanko
5 күн бұрын
What rest of Canada are you talking about? 😂
Panthers earned that trophy… close only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades. The attitude of the girl that said the Panthers didn’t deserve it, makes me happy the Oilers lost.
The audacity of that lady claiming us panther fans dont deserve it is proof any respectable fan base can have a few rotten apples in it. Great series to the rest of the oiler fans and to the players that made this stanley cup final epic.
@juice8._777
5 күн бұрын
you dont lmao
@user-vu8zn8sy9b
5 күн бұрын
Обосрались.😂
@marissaexplainsitall1887
5 күн бұрын
We deserved every bit of it, what a come back from last year!!!
@dustinwatkins7843
5 күн бұрын
you dont
@GreekboyyD
5 күн бұрын
Oilers fans deserved nothing.
They were acting as if the won the Stanley Cup on Friday night. I was saying to myself hey fans they haven't won anything yet, If they don't win on Monday it is all for not.
Born in Manitoba, I'll NEVER cheer for the Oilers. Someone make a coffee cup that says "oilers tears".
@jimedge8301
4 күн бұрын
Sonrichard76, Winnipeg and Edmonton entered the NHL the same time ,the way your talking smack against the Oilers,you would think Winnipeg won a few Stanley Cups, losers like you just like trolling winners.
@jakobbrady3806
4 күн бұрын
Ohp Edmonton had an oil spill
@itainteasy80
4 күн бұрын
@@jimedge8301winners ? Where ? Not edmonton lol
At the end of the day Edmonton depended too much on their two best players. For panthers the whole team performed as a unit. Go panthers! What a game! The best final I have ever seen. Hockey is getting better.
"Deserving" the cup is b*llshit. The team that earns it is the team that wants it enough to fight for it and actually win it, and that was the panthers
Lol, "they don't deserve it we do" you deserve the tears. Go Panthers!!!!
Born in Plantation Florida in 1986, moved to Sunrise and left Florida for Las Vegas in 1997. I rarely cry, I couldn’t contain myself. I’ve been waiting 31 years for this. That dope female who said Florida doesn’t deserve this.. because she’s a fan of the Oilers. It’s not just Americans who are delusional, the world itself is losing its minds. Creating a fictional reality seems ok. She can just say Edmonton really won because that seems acceptable this day and age.
Is it bad that I'm here for the tears? I was crying for the opposite reason. We looked like we'd lost it, but then you know Cats have 9 lives. 🤣
Great to see Luongo raise the cup !!!
The audacity to say we didn’t deserve it 💀 like girl be so fr, you don’t deserve it, you earn it. And also that just made the Edmonton fan base look 10x worse than it already is.
Watching this garbage fanbase in shambles really makes your day. This series exposed how annoying and obnoxious the Soyler fans are to the rest of the NHL and they lost the cup in the process. You gotta love it 😂😂
Didn’t deserve it? Bring that energy next year. You won’t deserve it next year either.
The Oilers snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
@frederickglass1583
4 күн бұрын
And now they have to worry about Cap gymnastics and the fact Drai is in a contract year with Pasta trying to convince Leon to come to Boston and play for the Bruins.
Worst fans in sports, so glad they have to take this fat L
@freetimeflip6438
5 күн бұрын
Yup they booed the Panthers on the ice when they got introduced in game 3 and Chanted Sergei at the beginning of the American National Anthem in game 6 so the Hockey Gods couldn't let them be happy.
@J-Force89
4 күн бұрын
And you panthers fans have halos…??? Come on. There are trashy fans in every fan base.
@thespaceram2879
2 күн бұрын
@@freetimeflip6438 There are no other Gods besides Lord Jesus Christ. He does condemn idolaters later if those keep doing it and don't stop.
Hey! Florida does deserve it >=[ Grrr
Imagine being so upset about a loss that you have to bring up Vancouver riots even though Edmonton did the same thing in 2006. Thank goodness the Oilers lost, otherwise it would’ve been even more annoying
@Ryan-ve7le
5 күн бұрын
Soylers fans find any reason to attach their loss to Canucks because they got nothing else going for themselves, it’s pathetic
As a Panther fan, we had this heartbreak last year. Regardless of the fashion, it's the Cup. Being so close. It hurts. I believe the Oilers will be back. McDavid will get his cup. Nothing but respect to Edmonton and that fan base. I walked through a sea of Olier fans at the front of the arena for Game 7 and it was insane the passion being brought. Don't get me wrong, few douches here and there. At the end of the night, the first Oiler fan I saw shook my hand and said GG. It sucks one team had to lose and for this year it was Edmonton, but tip of the hat to you all. I hope you get back and soon.
Imagine losing to a team that comes from a place with little ice. Kinda like losing to the Jamaican bobsled team.😂
@elmushaw2367
5 күн бұрын
Cool Running, I love that movie!! Cheers 🥂 ✌️😎💞🤘👌👍
@noclu4u384
3 күн бұрын
There's another team in Florida that has won it three times . Imagine that .
Seeing how gutted these fans are, makes it all worth it!😊
@dmarr83
5 күн бұрын
Hahaha 100%
@Deionburns114
5 күн бұрын
..
It’s just a game at the end of the day
@waynejohanson1083
5 күн бұрын
True. No matter who wins or loses does not change my life at all. It is just entertainment. But great entertainment none the less.
Russian goalie done it for Panthers There’s no way they could have won without the super goalie
@sukhjitsingh8269
5 күн бұрын
Goaltending was even, Bob allowed more goals
@ErikWeinstein
Күн бұрын
Shesterkin, swayman, and vasilivski all had great goaltending. Just as good as bobrovsky if not better and the Panthers stomped them
At least the fans didn’t riot. Nudge nudge Vancouver
@Hockeyfan101rule
5 күн бұрын
Fr since 2006
@marksmith-jp5gy
5 күн бұрын
@@Hockeyfan101rule Im from Vancouver. IM ashamed of how we acted and if were gunna act like that I want us eliminated in round 3 . Too bad
@b........
5 күн бұрын
ya you just mentioned it a billion times throughout our series. guess just not as passionate of a fanbase............
@RealPreCinema
5 күн бұрын
Excellent! Remember that?
@Cbricklyne
5 күн бұрын
Do they get a cup for that?
Almost felt bad for them “they don’t deserve it”
As a BC'er I find this brings joy into my heart. Go canucks!
@emrakultheaeonstorn7430
5 күн бұрын
At least we dont riot
@dustinwatkins7843
5 күн бұрын
puke
@erikwaterman9570
5 күн бұрын
@@emrakultheaeonstorn7430 its like edmonton fans dont remember the 2006 riots in edmonton
@airdrifter9578
5 күн бұрын
@@emrakultheaeonstorn7430 ...god , this comment is so tired
@emrakultheaeonstorn7430
5 күн бұрын
@@erikwaterman9570 That was hardly a riot compared to yalls handy work in 2011… At least we wait till it was over to get our domestic disturbance going 🤣🤣🤣
Edmonton was outplayed from the puck drop.
@user-ws7zv6sf2w
5 күн бұрын
100% RIGGED
@colinsellers1143
5 күн бұрын
Sweeps dont make money
@davidandersgage-pd3kr
5 күн бұрын
Bahahaaaa and your team Outplayed Troll on the golf course ?
@godin136
5 күн бұрын
Superpowered goalie won the games 😂
@GreekboyyD
5 күн бұрын
@@user-ws7zv6sf2wYep. It was rigged for Demko to be hurt so the Oilers could go to the Finals.🤡
Maybe McDavid should have took a salary cut like Crosby did years ago, then he could actually have a better team and be building a legacy around him such as Sid did, oh well, greed will win with many it seems
The whole of Russia was rooting for Florida. Our guys are there. And they won. Holiday.
@JM-nt4bb
4 күн бұрын
And some Romanian /Serbian
Panthers are champs and yes we deserve it 🏆
@trollo_ed8869
5 күн бұрын
Fun Fact: Some Flames 🔥 Fans were cheering for the Panthers because Flames & Oilers normally don't cheer for each other 😅 Now if it was TBL, that would be a different story
The Oilers played their best and I'm still proud of them, thank you Oilers💙🧡💙
It was a great season for the Oilers and the fans too. We were in the Finals. Let's go Oilers.
Nothing better than seeing their fans cry! They trash talked and harassed so many people every game of every series and they got what they deserved. No respect from a fanbase immediately puts you as one of the worst fan bases of all! Not sure why most Canadian teams fans are so toxic
@kingmo8789
4 күн бұрын
They had a huge slice of humble pie
The Panthers got that 70s Queen Song and The Oilers got that 70s Frankie Valley song that goes something like 'so close and yet so far'.
Really gonna cry when #29 leaves
@sukhjitsingh8269
5 күн бұрын
Oiler will sign him for a little more then the 8.5m he is currenly making.
Connor McBust. Classless player. Doesn't even come out to accept Conn Smythe trophy.
@matricule69
5 күн бұрын
please tell us your story and your career as a stanley cup winner.thanks
@MultiBrodeur
5 күн бұрын
How is he classless? He took the team from the basement to within a goal of the cup. Do you even watch hockey? Who would come out to accept a consolation prize? Spotlight is on Panthers, not Mcdavid - that’s why he didn’t come out
@andygrenn680
5 күн бұрын
Conn Smythe award should never be on the ice with the Stanley Cup. Award the trophy with all other NHL awards after the season…
@bza069
5 күн бұрын
@@andygrenn680 agreed IF its given to losing team player... FFS, its horrible timing to present when they are heartbroken. agree 100% with your idea
@andygrenn680
5 күн бұрын
@@bza069 Winning or losing team player is inappropriate…Stanley Cup Trophy don’t need a back up band…
Thank you Florida Panthers for beating the Oilers. I live in Edmonton and if the Oilers had won then all you would hear for the next two months is blah, blah, blah Oilers this and Oilers that. It's usually that way most of the time anyway and it would have been even more unbearable if they won the SC. Thank you from Edmonton for beating the Oilers and hopefully shutting them up for at least the rest of the summer. You deserved it a lot more than they did. Go Panthers!
А, что это мазутные приуныли, так прыгали вчера? Канадцы в начале скачут, потом плачут!😂
@Sayakawill
5 күн бұрын
Glad to see you being happy while seeing other people suffer
Bread and circus. Adults crying over a hockey game.
@petewilcox3354
5 күн бұрын
At the end of the day...yep...some rich guys won, and some rich guys lost....but they all rich
Nothing is deserved or promised in sports and in life. It is what it is 🧡💙
I understand exactly what the Oilers Fanbase is feeling, being in 6th and 7th grade when the Utah Jazz lost to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls two consecutive years in a row… Michael Jordan stole my would’ve been a perfect childhood. 27 years later and it is still a very sore touchy subject. But look at it like this, do you have the best player on the right in the world on your team (for now) and your fan base is something that every NHL ownership would love to have. Edmonton Alberta is not in the international news much, so at least when you are you show up! I don’t think I ever saw one fan in the entire arena who did not have a oilers sweater on. Keep your head up, there’s a reason Lord Stanley’s cup is the hardest trophy to win in all sports.
Didn’t deserve it? What a joke. That’s how I know she’s a purist. I took pleasure in shutting them up. The Panthers are here to stay and you are our foundation.
Florida outclassed the Oilers from the beginning.
good series Oilers... you displayed extreme tenacity to claw out of 3-0 deficit and force game 7. Yawl had all the momentum going into final game but Panthers' first goal woke them out of their funk and they played like the team from games 1-3. good series boys
Vancouver Canucks fans wish the Florida Panthers well!
@slider903
4 күн бұрын
Thanks. Good luck next year. You guys should get farther. Might even see you in the final.
What an Embarrassment !!!
Go Cats!!! They definitely "deserve" their hard-won victory over the Canadian team whose fans feel they are entitled to the cup because they are Canadian. Every part of the finals broadcast was replete with Oiler cheerleaders and "Florida Hockey" haters. News flash for the Canadian hockey snobs...Florida is the new home of championship level hockey. 3 of the past 5 cups go to Florida teams. Canadian hockey snobs run their yappers and mock US hockey/fans, yet Florida is the new KING OF HOCKEY...PERIOD.
Canada celebrated a Stanley cup last night thank you florida. Nobody believed in deadmonton. The shame of canada😂😂😂😂
@user-vu8zn8sy9b
5 күн бұрын
😂❤
@maryann7775
5 күн бұрын
We love our Oilers, we are proud of our teams.
The Oilers fans are so salty that they have to bring up another team rioting after losing. Don't forget that they did the exact same thing after making the final in 2006 😂
1:44 "They don't deserve it, we do." Ok so then why didn't you win. Because the team that wins the STANLEY CUP always deserves it. You guys got shut down, that's all. You were a good team, they were better. Good feeling to see them lose though.
I was one of them.. in tears💔
Lesson to be learned: never go down 0-3 in any series . If it was the other way around 3-0 you guys would have been celebrating today. Goodluck next yr!
Thank You Chucky..Legend 👍
Great series. Congratulations Oilers. You did well. But Canadians still won when liberals lost in Toronto. 🇨🇦👊🏻
@Jenna-Tailya
5 күн бұрын
Live out in BC. Made my am when I woke up and the Lobster lost that by election in St Paul
@werunapologeticallyprolife2279
5 күн бұрын
Amen 😄
@Action_Jackson77
5 күн бұрын
Canada won big time yesterday. FJT!!
@user-vu8zn8sy9b
5 күн бұрын
Либеролиссимус.
Iam a oilers fan we got out played in game 7 good effort no sense complaining to hard
This makes me so happy, watching their garbage fanbase in shambles 😂😂😂
As a Panthers fan since before day 1 of the team ever stepping onto the ice I can say to this nice lady - na na na na nyaaaa nyaaa.
Imagine we will have to wait like 18 years to see them in the Stanley Cup final again : )
Young fans figuring out what us older 1s already know, that being a fan is destined to hurt most times & that's why when you win it's such an unbelievably crazy high!! Always next time, Right? right?
So many Oilers haters triggered over the comment of ONE disappointed fan. That's why comment sections are cesspools 95% of the time.
And deadmonton doesn’t have the most passionate fans lmfao
Those oil fields caused lots of tism.
😂😂😂 I am loving this!!!
Good defenses will always win and Florida has the best defense in the league. And look at it this way. Last year Florida lost to Vegas next year it could be your turn.
do u think players really give a crap if they lose when they get paid millions regardless? it’s all theater. ohhh i won i won, ohhh i lost i lost. wait…. i get paid no matter what.. who cares.
You really did not think Edmonton was going to win
It's sad yes, but we should all still be proud of the Oilers. I look forward to watching the next season. The new couch seems to be making a positive impact.
In around about way the Flames screwed the Oilers out of this title by trading Bennett and Tkachuk to the Panthers. Without those two I don't think the Panthers win.
This was better then the NBA finals
Look don’t feel bad you guys had the best player in NHL history in Gretzky you have won championships before I’m a Panthers fan here in Miami and a Memorabilia collector and I have a Gretzky Signed Jersey and a Puck you guys are a Hockey town and you will be back it’s funny here still a football town And lately no Super-bowl trophy it’s been the Heat and the Panthers carrying the torch
PANTHERS PLAYED THEIR GAME AND CANT BE BEAT !! THEY EARNED THE WIN . 3rd Period Oilers looked tired !!!
from an Albertan it feels just so good to see the panther's win.
They will be heartbroken again next year because my Vancouver Canuck will win the Stanley cup
The oilers looked like they weren't feeling very well during the game. A lot more sluggish and off their game.😮
Oilers deserve the cup? The only thing they deserve are fresh hot Ls.
Maybe Oilers should have touched the WCF trophy to reverse the bad luck, maybe they shoulda played Kane in game 7 instead of Derek, maybe play Pickard instead of Stu to change it up. Too many what ifs. I can't see McDavid or Leon re-signing with Oilers as the defense and goaltending is too bad to fix.
"They dont deserve it! We do!" All sympathy gone! Woo Cats!
I cant get over the TEARS, 1:20. Over a gam?! I lost my husband and my father 3 hours apart. Would that bring a tear to your eye, cuz losing a hockey game, that I'm not playing in, certainly wouldn't bring a tear to mine. Yes, disappointment, but come on people really? you're grown adults -be proud that you made it that far.. it was a great tug of war
they dont deserve it ha. That mentality is the reason why Oilers didnt deserve it. Plus it was 3-0, and the Panthers wanted it more when it mattered
0:20 tears? Did someone die😢... Im in Sunrise Fl- but if wed lost, I wouldn't be crying. Come on now.. it's just a game. better luck next time, and it was a great series. You guys are great...wait.. Why 1:45 dont we 'deserve' it? Did you see the eclipse of the fans on the beach with a cup today and a celebrating passing the cup from player to player and letting the fans take pictures ? Just because it doesn't snow here doesn't mean we don't have ice
I live in China. Everything is miserable here, but no one dares to complain. Seriously if there is next life, I wish to be born in any other country, except China.
@inktownfishing4505
5 күн бұрын
🤡🤡🤡
that lady who said the panthers dont deserve it is a rotten apple she should look at herself in the mirror and try not to throw up. Coach Knobluach did a incredible job no doubt about it ..however he did make one fundamental mistake which is he totally overused the top line.They were gassed in the last minute or so you could just tell. Somebody needs to tell the coach a fresh 2nd line is better than a gassed first line. Keep the shifts shorter .
😂 🎉 😂 🎉 NO CUP FOR McCRYSAITL 😂 🎉 😂 🎉
As a Leafs fan, I haven't been this upset since we said goodbye to Diane on Cheers. "Have a good life."
@SillySongs4Everyone2001
5 күн бұрын
Exactly
“Edmonton Oiler fans still believe” lol they lost stop the delusional beliefs and move on
The team who WINS it deserves it!
Panthers deserve it
Give that lady a participation trophy.
The Panthers were the better team and deserved winning the cup. I feel bad for the Oilers fans but maybe next year you might have better fortune.