More confident Sohi bets Florida mayor Oilers will win Stanley Cup 2025
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The bets are back on between the mayors of Edmonton and Sunrise, Fla., as the Oilers get set to take on the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup Finals for the second year in a row.
'I'm just looking forward to the look on his face. I think he enjoyed the look on my face last year,' said Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi with a smile in Ford Hall on Tuesday.
After a crushing Game 7 defeat to the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup Final last year, the heartache was extended to Edmonton city hall, when Sohi had to honour a bet he made with Sunrise Mayor Michael Ryan by wearing a Florida jersey. This year, in what is quickly becoming a finals tradition, Sohi and Ryan have made yet another bet on the outcome of the Stanley Cup Finals, but the Edmonton mayor has strong faith in a different outcome.
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