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It's absolutely possible that the Oilers win the cup, obviously, and teams do sometimes outplay what they look like on paper, and teams can go on streaks, etc etc.

Thing is, the playoffs are long. Hot streaks tend to end, average goalies end up losing games on their own, and good teams find ways to turn a series around.

Good teams also find ways to win games where they are "getting outplayed". That's a huge part of what separates good teams from the rest. Oilers look like the favorites now, but it also wouldn't be any kind of a shock if the Oilers just crash down to earth and lose the next series in 5.

The Panthers have a cup because they didn’t need a hot streak to beat the Oiler, in the last game they just were exactly as clearly better as they looked like on paper. That's just how these stories almost always go.