Connor McDavid Sends Two-Word Message Before Oilers-Panthers Stanley Cup Final Rematch originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

The Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers will start the best-of-7 Final with Game 1 at Rogers Place on Wednesday (8 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, TNT, truTV, MAX). It's a rematch of last season's Final, which the Florida Panthers won in seven games.

Sixteen teams in total make the NBA playoffs, eight teams from both the Eastern and Western Conferences. The top six seeds in each conference advance based on the regular season record. The final two seeds in each conference are wild-card spots based on the best remaining records in each conference.

SportsLine NHL analyst Scott Erskine gives his thoughts on the top picks in Thursday's Game 5 of the Western Conference Final between the Dallas Stars and Edmonton Oilers

The Dallas Stars have done what no other team has over the past three decades while reaching three conference finals in a row.