NHL Playoff Predictions: Will the Panthers Go Back-to-Back in the Stanley Cup Final?
With the Stanley Cup on the line, the NHL's championship series is set to get underway. We're breaking down the matchup and revealing our projection model's pick. It was so good, why not do it again? For the first time since the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins split a pair of titles in 2008 and 2009, there will be a rematch in the Stanley Cup Final when it gets underway Wednesday in Edmonton. And here's to hoping it's as thrilling as the first meeting when the Florida Panthers took a 3-0 series lead before the Oilers came storming back to take the next three and force a Game 7. But the Panthers avoided becoming the second team in NHL history – and the first since the 1942 Detroit Red Wings – to drop four straight after taking a 3-0 lead in the Stanley Cup Final. Now here we are again. Road to the Final The Panthers, who claimed the Eastern Conference title with a five-game series win over the Carolina Hurricanes, make their third straight Final ap...