Oilers Announce Signing One Day Before Stanley Cup Final originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Edmonton Oilers will face the Florida Panthers in Game 1 of their Stanley Cup Final rematch on Wednesday. Last season, the Panthers won the Cup after taking a 3-0 series lead, only to see the Oilers rally and force a Game 7.

Ahead of a return trip to the Stanley Cup Final for a rematch with the Florida Panthers, Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid told reporters that this season's journey to the Cup "feels very normal" compared to last year.

The Panthers will try to become the first team to defeat the same opponent in the Cup Final in consecutive seasons since the Montreal Canadiens swept the Boston Bruins in four games in 1977 and defeated them in six in 1978. Florida knows it won't be easy to knock off Edmonton again because it wasn't last season either.