The Edmonton Oilers held an optional skate on Wednesday morning. The Florida Panthers held a full skate.

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Connor McDavid was the first player to console Zach Hyman after the Oilers winger sustained a dislocated wrist in Game 4 of the Western Conference Final.

"Gave me a big hug and, honestly, that’s when I broke down," said Hyman. "Meant a lot."

At the time, Hyman was still trying to process how an innocuous-looking hit by Dallas Stars forward Mason Marchment could end his season.

"Right away I felt my wrist kind of go on me," Hyman said. "Even then you still think whatever it is you’ll be able to play through it or there will be a chance you can play through it. Not going to go into the details, but quickly realized when I saw the doctors that [it] was something that needed surgery and something that I wasn’t going to be able to play through. I think I was still a little delusional that I could play through it until after the surgery, obviously."

When the Oilers clinched the series against the Stars in Game 5 and secured a return to the Stanley Cup Final, the team FaceTimed Hyman so he could be a part of the celebration.

"It meant the world," the 32-year-old from Toronto said. "I wasn’t expecting it. It was the day after my surgery.........

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