7:58 p.m. ET
It’s time for warmups for Game 2. The teams are charging onto the ice, led by Florida starting goalie Sergei Bobrovsky and Edmonton goalie Stuart Skinner.
It’s 5:40 p.m. local time, so the building is a little less than half full, but those here are raising the roof as “Airbourne” plays over the PA and the houselights come on.
It appears there are no changes to either lineup from Game 1. There was some concern that Florida forward Jonah Gadjovich could miss this game after getting dinged up in Game 1, but he’s out there.
The crowd is amped because they know history is on their side. The Oilers are up 1-0 in the series and in the history of the Final, teams that win Game 1 are 65-20 (76.5 percent) when it comes to hoisting the big silver trophy everyone here craves.
The music director here at Rogers Place is pretty good with the easter eggs in the playlist.
As I settled in the empty press box about 90 minutes before puck drop, “Roll with the Changes” by REO Speedwagon was playing and this snippet exploded in my brain.
“My cup is on the table, my love is spilling
Waiting here for you to take and drink of
So if you’re tired of the same old story,
Oh, turn some pages
I will be here when you are ready
To roll with the changes, yeah, yeah”
In this instance, the cup is the Stanley Cup, which was on the ice for pregame intros in Game 1. Everyone is spilling their love, sacrificing their sanity to take and drink from it.
Before they do, another three to six pages will have to be turned. Whoever rolls with the changes best will drink from the chalice soon and see their dreams come true.
Who knew that the 80s rockers from outside Chicago were singing ballads to the Stanley Cup? You do now.
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