Paul McLean, a former NHL coach, has an interesting take on G7:

1) First goal wins. (Edmonton has scored first in the last three games.) Players are going to be afraid to make a mistake that costs them the Stanley Cup.

2) Edmonton has the venue advantage. There is more pressure on Florida because they are at home. "I think the road team has a bit of an advantage getting to Game 7; there is no show to put on and they can just go out there and be themselves."

3) This will be Florida's fourth time gaming out how they are going to win the Cup. It's Edmonton's first time. Edmonton has only known the pressure of survival to this point. Florida has lived with the pressure to triumph. Advantage Florida. "For the Edmonton players now, they have to think about what they’re going to do with this opportunity and the advantage could be to Florida, because they’ve had three games to think about it, so they might be over it by now."

4) Edmonton made tactical adjustments that changed the trajectory of the series. Florida was suffocating them in the Edmonton zone, so Edmonton extended their zone into the neutral zone. Florida has not come up with a counter. "I think what changed in this series was the way the Oilers were able to exit their zone. They stretched the neutral zone, they made the zone harder for the Panthers to cover, they took away Florida’s aggressive pinch and forecheck."