Overview
- Approximately 400,000 fans lined State Road A1A and Fort Lauderdale Beach Park, nearly doubling last year’s parade attendance.
- Players and team DJ repeatedly played Edmonton’s “Pink Pony Club” theme and even ordered the Oilers’ reserved sushi in playful trolling.
- Sam Bennett, Aaron Ekblad and Brad Marchand publicly pressed for contract extensions, underscoring free agents’ influence on roster planning.
- Coach Paul Maurice revealed he and his staff convened days after the Cup clincher to design next season’s training camp.
- Matthew Tkachuk invited fan Cesar Lucero into the parade and Aleksander Barkov hosted Martina Navratilova at a celebratory dinner, deepening community ties.