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.

After falling in the Stanley Cup Final to the Panthers for the second straight year, Connor McDavid’s future looms over the entire NHL offseason.

The Edmonton Oilers were eliminated by the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup Final for the second consecutive year. After losing in seven games last season following a 3-0 series deficit, they actually held the lead this year after winning Game 1.