In short, because there’s very little money to be made.

A year ago, it was an 0-3 series deficit to the Presidents’ Trophy-winning New York Rangers in the second round. The Hurricanes regrouped to win two elimination games and carried a 3-1 lead into the third period of a Game 6 at home, only to see the Rangers surge back behind Chris Kreider’s hat trick in the final 20 minutesThis time, it was an 0-3 series deficit to the the reigning Stanley Cup champion, a tested and deep team unafraid to play and surpass Carolina’s aggressive-forechecking approach. And it ended with a matching final score.

“We knew it was going to be a big task to try to beat them,” said Carolina’s Sebastian Aho, who had two first-period goals Wednesday that put the Hurricanes ahead. “We truly believe we have what it takes, but obviously we fell short yet again.”By the final horn, Carolina’s lamentations went back to losing the first two games at home,in which the Panthers were shockingly dominant and the Hurricanes’ normally rowdy fans were left to frustratedly chant “Shoot the puck! Shoot the puck!”

“Those first two games you’d probably want back, but it’s too little, too late,” said Seth Jarvis, who had a tying goal midway through the third period before Florida made its go-ahead move on Carter Verhaeghe’s score. “And that’s kind of the result of it.”By Game 3, Carolina had seen a 1-1 game entering the third

for their 15th straight loss in a conference final going back to sweeps in 2009, 2019 and the 2023 one against these Panthers. The

on the road and avert another sweep, but they faced a long climb to accomplish the improbable.“I would remember,” Cera deadpans. “I would never have passed up the opportunity.”

“The Phoenician Scheme,” which Focus Features releases Friday in theaters, stars Benicio del Toro as the international tycoon Zsa-zsa Korda, who after a lifetime of swindling and exploiting has decided to make his daughter, a novitiate named Liesl (Mia Threapleton), the heir to his estate.Cera plays Liesl’s Norwegian tutor Bjørn Lund. And because of the strong leading performances, you couldn’t quite say Cera steals the show, he’s certainly one of the very best things about “The Phoenician Scheme” — and that’s something for a movie that includes Tom Hanks and Bryan Cranston playing a game of HORSE. Bjørn is an entomologist, which means Cera spends a sizable portion of the movie in a bow tie with an insect gently poised on his finger.

“He is sort of a bug, himself,” Cera, speaking in an interview at the Cannes Film Festival shortly beforesays with a wry smile. “And he sheds his skin and becomes his truth self.”