The Edmonton Oilers were inches from reaching the NHL's mountaintop, but ultimately fell short in this year's pursuit of the Stanley Cup. For the second consecutive season, the Florida Panthers defeated the Oilers to capture Lord Stanley's Cup.

A lot of people expected Oilers star Connor McDavid to finally win the Stanley Cup, especially since both Wayne Gretzky and Sidney Crosby lost their first Final but came back to win it the very next year.

McDavid felt the Oilers were going nowhere doing the same thing over and over again throughout the six-game Stanley Cup Final defeat. "I mean obviously their forecheck was great," McDavid said after the game.