Panthers’ adversity made near-perfect Game 7 to win long-sought Stanley Cup even more impressive
NY Post
In one of those serendipitous moments, the camera just happened to be on Paul Maurice when Spencer Knight handed him the Stanley Cup.
Maurice temporarily excused himself from the interview. He hoisted it above his head. He closed his eyes. He let out some words you can’t print.
“I’ve been chasing that,” the Panthers coach said on ESPN. “A lot of unkind words about how hard she was to get.”
There is an obvious temptation to make this about the Oilers, about Connor McDavid going scoreless in Games 6 and 7, about Leon Draisaitl going without a goal for the series, about the failure to pull off a comeback from 3-0 down.
But what the Panthers pulled off over 60 pulsating minutes that played out at Amerant Bank Arena on Monday night and culminated in the franchise winning its first ever Stanley Cup, 2-1 in one of the great Game 7s you’ll ever see, that is just as impressive a feat as the one Edmonton ultimately failed to pull off.
You could not construct a tougher mental well for the Panthers to climb out of than what they faced after losing Game 6. But when the other side has the best player in the world and a comeback story, it’s easy to get pushed out of the narrative. That’s what happened to Florida in the lead-up to this game. None of it mattered once it actually started.
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