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Oilers fans horrified after Connor McDavid touches Western Conference trophy

Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid isn't afraid of a little superstition after holding the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl.

By Tyler Reed

NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly and Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid pose with the trophy after winning the Western Conference Final of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly and Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid pose with the trophy after winning the Western Conference Final of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. / Jerome Miron-Imagn Images
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NHL fans are going to be treated to a Stanley Cup Final match this season, between the Florida Panthers and the Edmonton Oilers.

The Panthers took care of the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Finals, while the Oilers sent the Dallas Stars packing for the second straight season in the Western Conference Finals.

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The Panthers bested the Oilers last year in the Stanley Cup Final in a classic seven-game series. However, the entire nation of Canada is probably rooting for the Oilers this year, as the country has not hoisted the Stanley Cup since 1993

However, things may already be off to a rocky start for the Oilers, if you happen to believe in superstitions.

Evidently, it is taboo for a player to touch the Conference Finals trophy. Doing so could bring bad luck to your team ahead of the Stanley Cup Final.

However, Connor McDavid isn't even a little "stitious", as the Oilers star proudly hoisted the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl after the team took down the Stars.

Listen. I'm all for believing in the supernatural, to an extent. But Canada, baby, maybe it is time to mix things up a bit, aye?

The country hasn't won the big series since the year that I was born. I wake up now with lower back pain every morning, and if I slept the wrong way, my neck doesn't move. That means I'm old, and that you haven't won the most prestigious trophy in hockey in quite a while. Let McDavid cook.

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