Florida Panthers dressing most hated player in NHL for first time in Cup Final
For the first time in the Stanley Cup Final series, the Florida Panthers will be dressing the misted hated player in the NHL, Nick Cousins.
Veteran Kyle Okposo will come off the fourth line where Cousins will enter the lineup. Additionally, the Panthers moved Verhaege to the first line and Rodrigues down to the second.
At the all star break this season, Nick Cousins was voted by other NHLers as the most punchable face in the league. Multiple players gave anecdotes of Cousins laying a dirty hit and turtling, and never answering for his pest style of play.
»Played against him a long time,» one player said of Cousins. «Always hated the guy.»
«He's gonna get a lot of answers on this one,» another rightly predicted.
«I'm buddies with him and I'd still say him,» said a third.
- The Athletic
«He's gonna get a lot of answers on this one,» another rightly predicted.
«I'm buddies with him and I'd still say him,» said a third.
- The Athletic
Cousins will be on the ice looking to agitate the Oilers and draw some penalties with his style of play. The Oilers need to do their best to shut it out, and persists with their game.
When the Florida Panthers won the first three games of this series, they were playing their brand of hockey - getting in scrums, slowing down play with physicality, and grinding the Oilers down. In the last two games, the Oilers have commanded play with their offence and elite defence, Stuart Skinner has been fantastic, and now have a feel of invincibility heading back to home ice.
Source: Jason Gregor
| POLL | ||
Are you a fan of Nick Cousins on the Florida Panthers? | ||
| Yes, love the pest players | 52 | 10.9 % |
| No, Oilers all the way | 337 | 70.9 % |
| Not an Oilers fan, still don't like him | 54 | 11.4 % |
| See Results | 32 | 6.7 % |
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