The Oilers decided to change their approach.
The Edmonton Oilers were crowned the NHL’s Western Conference Champion when the team beat the Dallas Stars playoff series in the fifth match with 6-3. The Oilers eventually won the conference finals with a match of 4-1.
Many believe that touching the trophy of the conference victory will cause misfortune in the finals series. Edmonton Oilers and Connor McDavid However, they decided to defy superstition this year.
The Western Conference’s winning trophy is the Clarence Campbell Bowl. In the East, the prize is the Prince of Wales Trophy.
Last year, the Oilers players did not touch the Clarence Campbell Bowl, but only posed next to me. McDavid said in an interview after the match that he wanted to change an approach from the previous time.
– We did not touch and won last year. We touched this year, so hopefully we win, McDavid said in an interview with Sportsnet.
Other Oilers players also went to touch the trophy. However, none of the players lifted the trophy into the air or skated with it around the trough.
In the Stanley Cup final, the Oilers meet Alexander Barkov Skiprained Florida Panthers. Barkov, nor any other Panthers players, touched the Eastern Conference winning trophy, Prince of Wales Trophy, when the team won the Carolina Hurricanes in the conference final.
The Panthers did not touch the trophy last year either. The club won its first Stanley Cup in club history in the same season. In the previous season, the Panthers celebrated the conference victory with the trophy on the ice and lost to the Vegas Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup finals.
The final series between the Oilers and the Panthers begins on Wednesday and Thursday night.
Kasperi Kapanen celebrates the victory of the Western Conference with Edmonton Oilers. Aop