Oilers' Zach Hyman says his right wrist was dislocated late last round, knocking him out of the playoffs

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Hyman memorably said after the
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Win it for Hyman has quickly becoming a rallying cry for Edmonton.
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'Missing him is big; he's a huge piece of this team,' veteran
Adam Henrique
said." His physicality, net-front presence, in the locker room — all those sorts of things. Just a great person, so we're certainly going to miss him on the ice but he'll be there and we'll certainly fight for him."
The Oilers' are without Zach Hyman for the Stanley Cup Final against the Panthers after dislocating his right wrist in the Western Conference final.
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Oilers players video-called Hyman after beating the Stars without him in
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'It caught me off guard,' Hyman said. 'I was crying. It was really emotional. You just feel so much a part of the team and for them to do that in that moment meant a lot.'
Hyman is expected to be around the team throughout the final, flying to Florida and providing whatever insight and moral support he can without lacing up his skates. He called it 'acting like I'm playing but obviously not.'
'Some things in life you can't control,' Hyman said, 'and this is one of them.'
A.J. Greer out for Panthers
The Panthers are mostly healthy, but they ruled out
A.J. Greer
for Game 1 of the Cup final with an undisclosed injury.
Jesper Boqvist
takes his place in the lineup.
'It's important that, fortunately for us, it's not his first time in the playoffs, so he hasn't been sitting for a long time and he's had some pretty good success when he's come in,' coach
Paul Maurice
said of Greer. 'And he fits. He's spent time with all of those players. There's nothing new for him, so he can come in and just play.'
Connor Brown back for Oilers
Edmonton is getting a key player back with
Connor Brown
expected to be back after missing two games because of injury. Coach
Kris Knoblauch
called the strong two-way winger a game-time decision, while Brown declared himself good to go and all signs pointed to nothing standing in the way of a return.
'He's been playing great all playoffs,' linemate
Trent Frederic
said. 'He brings a lot of energy, brings a lot of swagger, a lot of jam, so we're excited to get him back.'
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Jeff Skinner
, who played more than 1,000 regular-season NHL games in his career before making his Stanley Cup Playoff debut in the series opener in the first round and then got scratched until replacing Hyman against Dallas, appears to be out to make room for Brown.