ARTICLE: Oilers ready to continue playing their game in Game 7 to win the Stanley Cup

SUNRISE, FL – Backed against the wall, we can never count on Oil.

With nothing but faith and trust in every guy sitting next to them, the days that have passed since head coach Kris Knoblauch expressed his excitement for the final 10 days of the Oilers season – even though his team was trailing 3-0 to the Panthers heading into Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final – have slowly reached the day they all expected to reach at the start of the year.

Ten, nine, eight…

Seven, six, five…

Four, three, two…

Finally, on Monday night, the count will be reduced to one when Game 7 arrives at Amerant Bank Arena in Florida, and it’s all a result of Edmonton’s die-hard attitude and the solidarity that has been there from the start , even in the face of all the adversity they have experienced this season, helping them head towards the precipice of this potentially once-in-a-lifetime chance to etch their name on the Stanley Cup.

Cherish the moment, seize the opportunity and cement your legacy.

“This could be half of their last chance to win the Stanley Cup and this could be their last time in the Stanley Cup Final,” said Corey Perry, who has been to the Final five times with five different NHL teams. “It took me 12 years. It took Rico 12 years to come back. These things don’t happen every day and we’re having fun with it. That’s all we can do – just enjoy it.”

“We came back in a great position and now we’re down to two. These are the fun games you dream of.”

“It’s been pretty fun. We’re just enjoying it,” added Adam Henrique. “There were ten days left in the season and now there are two, and tomorrow will be the last day. That’s it. So we’re just trying to figure it all out, enjoy being with the guys, get into the room and participate in the work, and it continued to have fun and believe in each other.

“It was a lot of fun coming to the rink every day.”