2026 Stanley Cup Odds: Panthers, Oilers to Contend Again?

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00:00it's going to be interesting they do have a lot of core guys coming back and wrapped up for uh the

00:06next couple of years and and zito's already shown us his ability to be able to get the right guys

00:12the right kinds of guys attitude wise and everything into there i'm looking at them next

00:18and say is the three pete out of the question in your uh in your opinion tom i don't think so and

00:24it really comes down to the rest of the east where listen i don't i don't know why caroline at

00:30least on the fando sports book is booked at seven to one in florida seven and a half well i don't

00:34know why caroline is the favorite like they haven't shown us that they can be the panthers at all so

00:38they shouldn't be there we always have our doubts about the toronto maple leafs can we make a case

00:42that the devils theoretically could compete with them yeah but like show me when the devils are

00:47actually healthy for once like they have the talent they have the depth i believe and obviously with

00:51marksman net like i believe they have the piece to get it done but they've never been healthy so

00:54it's like all right let's have that conversation once they are healthy tampa's the team that worries

00:58me because again they are a team that have been aggressive at deadlines trading for players extending

01:03players and they still have kucherov they still have had men they still have vasileski and it really

01:07comes down to the fact of like don't play the panthers in the first two rounds and maybe you can

01:11get to them in the conference finals but that's obviously yet to be seen yeah you know why the

01:17panthers probably won't repeat next year because the philadelphia flyers will stand in their way

01:21and knock them off on their way to a stanley cup finals run here so i'm going to keep the flyers

01:26bag currently flying over here but let's take a look here at the edmonton oilers because you take

01:30a look at them equal success here for the edmonton oilers because you take a look and say to yourself

01:35you know what i can't believe this it's back-to-back seasons we lost both of those times what is going

01:40to happen now with conor mcdavid the expectations you're supposed to win a stanley cup 0 for 2 now what do

01:45they do they have to make a change of goaltending like they have to bring in an elite goaltender and

01:51if you were change are you not even changing goaltenders in the stanley cup final if you are

01:56having questions about your goalie in the stanley cup final that's not a team that is destined to win

02:01so it is a i'm saying it is a literal make or break year for the oilers and this might be a bit of a hot

02:06take but they have to do something mcdavid is a free agent after this upcoming season so if those

02:12you gotta remember like if they don't do something what is the reason for him to stay there and i've

02:16said this before going back to the years that mcdavid is mike smith miko koskinen now with stewart

02:21skinner terrible goalies if you would have given mcdavid an elite goaltender he would have already

02:26had one they lost in the conference finals four years ago against the abs they lost in two stanley

02:30cups now they would have won by now they wouldn't be florida both times but one cup if mcdavid an elite

02:36goaltender