Kyle Okposo, Florida Panthers: Stanley Cup Final Media Day

Kyle Okposo, Florida Panthers: Stanley Cup Final Media Day

um to embrace that aspect of it and um I’m just trying to win for them so it’s not weird when they do it when the boys do it yeah no it’s just I mean it is a little bit but it’s just like I said I don’t see myself like that but I know that that the guys do so I appreciate it but at the same time if somebody says something I’m probably just going to go skate the other way how hard is it to stay grounded when you’re this you’re this close I mean you know had break through but you’ve never been this close how how hard is it to stay at the moment or not it’s not for me it’s it’s really not and it’s like I’m going to talk about it I you talk about it hey if we win you know you do this it’s not like I’m I’m too old for those superstitions like oh my gosh we can’t talk about winning the cup it’s like no like that’s our goal why wouldn’t we talk about it um you know if and and so we’re four wins away they’re four wins away um and it’s just it’s a ton of fun to be this close and I feel like we’re here for a reason because we’ve done the right thing so yeah we we can talk about it but then boom once once the game starts once it’s time to get ready for the game then you stay in the moment then you just um I said it before the other game you consume the moment you don’t let it consume you and I think that that’s extremely important is just you have to embrace the moment because the second that you start looking around and going oh my God we’re four wins away from win winning the Stanley Cup then you start to do things that you haven’t done all year so you have to make sure that you are staying in the moment but you also understand where you’re at and you and you don’t let that bog you down the trade um how difficult was it kind of balance that cuz you’re building a culture you’re building something there Buffalo obviously a cup is

Florida Panthers forward Kyle Okposo speaks during Media Day before his team plays host to the 2024 Stanley Cup Final in Sunrise on Friday, June 7.

The Panthers will play in the Stanley Cup Final for a second straight year; Edmonton is vying for its sixth title and first since 1990. This is the Oilers’ first trip to the Final since 2006.

Game 1 is Saturday in Sunrise at 8 p.m. (ABC).

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Florida took out the New York Rangers in 6; Edmonton did the same to Dallas.

On Saturday, the Panthers beat the Rangers 2-1.

Florida took a 2-0 lead on goals from Sam Bennett and Vladimir Tarasenko.

Artemi Panarin beat old friend Sergei Bobrovsky (23 saves) to make it a 1-goal lead but the Panthers hung on.

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