Wayne Gretzky Predicts 2025 Stanley Cup Final Winner originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Game 1 of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final kicked off Wednesday night in Edmonton as the Oilers faced the Florida Panthers. This year’s matchup is a rematch of last year’s final, which the Panthers won in seven games.

Former Oilers captain and NHL Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky is dropping a truth bomb on the 2025 Stanley Cup Final.

A generation later in 2008, Sidney Crosby found himself on the losing end of a six-game Stanley Cup Final series to the dynastic Detroit Red Wings. The heir apparent to Gretzky's throne came back a year later and won his first Stanley Cup by beating Detroit in seven games.