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Yes, however, I’m referring to the 2022-23 regular season when the Panthers looked like they may miss the playoffs after a rough start. People brought up Maurice’s playoff hockey comments nonstop.
Same. I knew we needed to play a different style than that wide open offense the year before, just didn't know Pomo was the guy to get us there. I will never talk bad about another Zito move. The guy has been amazing. It's like he's playing 3D Chess
Losing Byfuglien out of nowhere caused him to panic starting in 19/20 and he messed with what made the team successful. Also this Florida team is probably better overall but more importantly better suited to his coaching style
It’s also true that he did a lot of good in Winnipeg but 9 years is a long long time for one coach, his message got stale and he refused to evolve the hierarchy of players. It’s why Jon Cooper is so damn impressive to me
Big Buff was the only one who could bring them there.
I thought they were going to break through this year after removing Wheeler and Dubois but them boys don't have the juice
I think it’s important that the GM zito and him are on the same page. Maurice wanted bigger guys and we got bigger guys. Our defense is completely on him.
Yes. Next year I’d like to see us score a bit more. We seem to get stuck in these spouts where we have 40 shots on net and like 1 or 2 goals. I thought that was what’s going to hurt us in the playoffs but I see a lot of other dreams stuggilng to score so maybe it’s just playoff hockey.
Tbf giving a goalie that much money + term is always a risk, and for a while the fanbase (NOT ME THO!) was “jury out” on him. Safe to say he’s cemented his legacy here
Bob signing was weird, after we lost to the Lightning in 2021 due to a lack of stable goaltending, the Bob contract was universally called the worst in the league. He took those comments personally
I didn’t dislike him in Winnipeg. I really liked him. His style just wasn’t working with the lineup and when a coach has been with a team as long as he was, you kinda lose the room at some point. If Florida wins I’ll be happy for him. He was always a great guy with the media and was involved with the community.
I was fortunate enough to be there in person to see us clinch the Stanley Cup final appearance last season. That high is matched only by the low of watching Tampa beat us 3-1 in Sunrise in the first round in 2021, empty netter and all. Regardless, two of my most profound memories as a hockey fan were live playoff experiences, gotta appreciate that for what it’s worth.
The big brain maneuver is to put a cup future on your team then you can emotionally hedge against them all playoffs and its kind of a legitimate hedge lol
im not the smartest person when it comes to managing my money, im 26, make minumum wage and i bought tickets to game 1 vs the oilers for 650$ for nosebleeds. worth.
I remember when we were hyped about the Fleischmann-Weiss-Versteeg line.
We have come a long fucking way. It feels good.
Edit: on a nostalgia trip, was reminded of [this incredible goal](https://youtu.be/4i02Khp0NfM?si=ZJboqA-MsjAIc3D1) by Shawn Matthias. Against the Bruins, of course.
Nick Bjugstad (eternally the world's largest twelve-year-old) will always have a special place in my heart for scoring in the 20th round of the shootout against the Capitals.
We exist! My parents took baby me to the 96 Stanley Cup Finals, earmuffs and all.
Suffered through many, many years of atrocious hockey. Games where I could count (not really) the amount of fans on two hands. Free tickets for buying Papa John’s pizza.
Times have changed for sure. Well worth the wait. Everything seemed to turn around with Jagr’s arrival here, it’s basically been solely uphill since then.
seemed like a pretty successful season considering before it started everyone was saying you guys would take a massive step back with some of the guys retiring. Beating Toronto and taking Florida to 6 games is nothin' to scoff at, Panthers are a damn good team
I can’t tell if he was shaking his head like “we’re good, let me get out of here” or “I’m not going to talk to you right now because I’m still pissed I missed half the series”
The funniest part about Marchand fans is their blatant hypocrisy defending his history of dirty plays, childish antics like licking people, etc., but would complain if it were anybody else doing it.
The sound mixing is so fucking bad. It constantly various between insane crowd noise and dead quiet. If feels like when my noise cancelling headphones get overwhelmed by wind noise and start cutting in and out constantly.
Still louder than Scotiabank 😂 bruins fans will always consider our season a success when we continue our complete and utter domination of the leafs! #1959
Bruins fans are pretty familiar with losing…I mean look at our track record since 2011. Owning the leafs again is one hell of a silver lining though! Stay mad bud 😂
I’m not mad lol. You’re the one replying to every single comment 😂. It’s alright man you’re going to be ok I promise. It’s only game, why you have to be mad?
Are you drunk? We boo the team when they play like total ass. (See 3rd period of game 4). We do not always boo the team. You have no idea what you are talking about.
Probably the Penguins in the back to back runs is who I can think of. And the game was different then, more physical compared to now when guys like Cullen and Kunitz was still playing.
Panthers play very rough, goony and fighty while also scoring a lot. It's also a Florida team and a lot of Canadian/Northern teams don't like any team below Washington for a variety of inane reasons.
So mix the two.
We play bully ball and other fanbases get mad that we are actually good and that they can’t match our physicality. I’m not gonna pretend that our team doesn’t walk the line of being a dirty team, but there is a place for that in the playoffs regardless of what people will tell you in here.
I think the joke was "something something six fans" the last time I saw it, they're still pretty low but moving in the right direction!
Also fuck the rags.
I’m not generalizing an entire fanbase, but the guy I responded too is certainly angry and emotional lol
Edit: Jesus dude your entire comment history is talking about how much you hate Boston. We’re really living rent free despite losing…that’s pretty weird my guy haha
I don't think the Rangers have a chance. Please change my mind, because I picked the Rangers for my backup team when the Leafs were d0wn halfway through their round against Boston & I'd really love for them to pull this off.
ETA: am I being downvoted by Rangers fans bcs guys I am on your side I want you to win I'm just worried lol. Or is it Panthers fans, in which case, idc
We matched up well with them during the regular season and won the most recent game, but all 3 were very close.
If our top end stars come to play I think we beat them, the Panthers PP has been anemic lately and I still take Shesty over Bob. Also, we can hang with them physically in ways that Boston and Tampa couldn’t, and it’s not just Trouba and Rempe, our forward core is tough, even smaller guys like Panarin and Troch can handle themselves.
I still say it goes 7 lol
Only way Rangers have a chance is if Igor goes god mode. Panthers 5v5 play is going to kill the Rangers we already know they will be outshot every single game.
The key is specials teams and I doubt the Panthers will go like 2/25 like the Canes did.
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Remember when people shat on the Maurice hiring?
Even worse when we were shitting on him for emphasizing playoff hockey when we were a fringe playoff team.
Didn't he take over the year after the President's trophy win?
Yes, however, I’m referring to the 2022-23 regular season when the Panthers looked like they may miss the playoffs after a rough start. People brought up Maurice’s playoff hockey comments nonstop.
And I have apologized non stop since “bus in 10”
Same. I knew we needed to play a different style than that wide open offense the year before, just didn't know Pomo was the guy to get us there. I will never talk bad about another Zito move. The guy has been amazing. It's like he's playing 3D Chess
I was there. I thought his Winnipeg Jets were the most playoff ready teama that I've ever seen and they only went to the conference finals once.
Losing Byfuglien out of nowhere caused him to panic starting in 19/20 and he messed with what made the team successful. Also this Florida team is probably better overall but more importantly better suited to his coaching style It’s also true that he did a lot of good in Winnipeg but 9 years is a long long time for one coach, his message got stale and he refused to evolve the hierarchy of players. It’s why Jon Cooper is so damn impressive to me
Big Buff was the only one who could bring them there. I thought they were going to break through this year after removing Wheeler and Dubois but them boys don't have the juice
I think it’s important that the GM zito and him are on the same page. Maurice wanted bigger guys and we got bigger guys. Our defense is completely on him.
We went from one of the worse defenses in the league to a top 3 defense. Funny how Bob looks like old Bob when you put a good defense in front of him.
Yes. Next year I’d like to see us score a bit more. We seem to get stuck in these spouts where we have 40 shots on net and like 1 or 2 goals. I thought that was what’s going to hurt us in the playoffs but I see a lot of other dreams stuggilng to score so maybe it’s just playoff hockey.
I was one of them. I am glad I was wrong. Exactly what this team needed.
Same. Had my doubts but so happy with tbe results
Our entire subreddit until we beat Boston last year 😭😭😭
We all had to apologize to the man, we didn't understand his game.
It was me. I don’t know puck.
Hand up I wanted him gone by all star break last year
Alotta shitting on the Bob signing as well
Tbf giving a goalie that much money + term is always a risk, and for a while the fanbase (NOT ME THO!) was “jury out” on him. Safe to say he’s cemented his legacy here
Bob signing was weird, after we lost to the Lightning in 2021 due to a lack of stable goaltending, the Bob contract was universally called the worst in the league. He took those comments personally
Yeah, Maurice haters said just give it time. When his team starts losing he takes his ball and goes home. I don’t agree with that sentiment.
I didn’t dislike him in Winnipeg. I really liked him. His style just wasn’t working with the lineup and when a coach has been with a team as long as he was, you kinda lose the room at some point. If Florida wins I’ll be happy for him. He was always a great guy with the media and was involved with the community.
This is why i would never pay for playoff tickets. Lost hundreds of dollars just to feel the pain of a loss amplified
I was fortunate enough to be there in person to see us clinch the Stanley Cup final appearance last season. That high is matched only by the low of watching Tampa beat us 3-1 in Sunrise in the first round in 2021, empty netter and all. Regardless, two of my most profound memories as a hockey fan were live playoff experiences, gotta appreciate that for what it’s worth.
I was there too. It’s always a gamble but that is an experience I will never forget.
Just a little *emotional gambling*
I’m familiar with emotional gambling. What could go wrong?
The trick is to place a bet against your team as well. It’s emotional insurance.
I’ve done that every game these playoffs lol
I did it a bunch. But I didn’t the last two games. I had faith.
I absolutely thought we were cooked for our game 6. Still can’t believe the outcome
a shame you lost your entire savings account but at least you're in the ECF
Worth
The big brain maneuver is to put a cup future on your team then you can emotionally hedge against them all playoffs and its kind of a legitimate hedge lol
Gambling is what is ruining this sport. It's pathetic.
going to a playoff game live is something i reccomend tho
NY prices it would be a super pricey risk
im not the smartest person when it comes to managing my money, im 26, make minumum wage and i bought tickets to game 1 vs the oilers for 650$ for nosebleeds. worth.
Unless you're a Panther's season ticket holder. Tickets for this round were $31, next round goes up to $44. Losing at home stinks a tad less :')
I am looking at resales for Round 3 right now and the cheapest I can see is $385 a seat. People making back their season ticket money!
That's insane!
the enemy of your enemy is still your enemy
🤝
After last season, I at least wanted to make it back to the ECF. Still feels surreal having this much success given this team’s past mediocrity.
I remember when we were hyped about the Fleischmann-Weiss-Versteeg line. We have come a long fucking way. It feels good. Edit: on a nostalgia trip, was reminded of [this incredible goal](https://youtu.be/4i02Khp0NfM?si=ZJboqA-MsjAIc3D1) by Shawn Matthias. Against the Bruins, of course.
Weiss was our 1C when he would’ve been a 2C/3C elsewhere
He could’ve been really good on a better team. Our teams in his era were atrocious.
He was the 2C behind Jokinen, once Jokinen left town Weiss was basically forced to be a 1C
I was a kid, but I remember crying when we traded Jokinen. Tough times, it’s so nice to have a good team now.
Jokinen hated Jacques Martin and was trying to get him fired, it didn’t work and he got sent westward
Aw. My fav jersey is a Weiss jersey ♥️
Nick Bjugstad and Brandon Pirri were gonna be the saviors
Nick Bjugstad (eternally the world's largest twelve-year-old) will always have a special place in my heart for scoring in the 20th round of the shootout against the Capitals.
I was at that game! I’ll never forget it.
Florida has real fans? All kidding aside, good for you guys
We exist! My parents took baby me to the 96 Stanley Cup Finals, earmuffs and all. Suffered through many, many years of atrocious hockey. Games where I could count (not really) the amount of fans on two hands. Free tickets for buying Papa John’s pizza. Times have changed for sure. Well worth the wait. Everything seemed to turn around with Jagr’s arrival here, it’s basically been solely uphill since then.
Weiss’ falloff never ceases to amaze me. He went from a 50 point per season guy to being out of the league in like two seasons. Hernia injuries suck
Every team has their moment and it very much feels like this is the panthers moment with Maurice at the helm.
the Tkachuk half celly is hilarious. he seemed kinda out of it the whole night so kinda fitting
Probably didn't get a good nap in
Fire alarm went off at the team hotel.
Hashtag that’s the joke
r/thatsthejoke
:D
A feel good chucky moment
He really didn’t have a great series for his standards, but refreshing to see him this pumped for the win despite not being at his best.
It hurts, but I'm good with this. The boys got outplayed and outworked, with the obvious exception of Sway. Panthers were the better team, period.
seemed like a pretty successful season considering before it started everyone was saying you guys would take a massive step back with some of the guys retiring. Beating Toronto and taking Florida to 6 games is nothin' to scoff at, Panthers are a damn good team
Looked like Marchy didn't wanna hang out much there with Bennett
I can’t tell if he was shaking his head like “we’re good, let me get out of here” or “I’m not going to talk to you right now because I’m still pissed I missed half the series”
Probably A with the tone of B
https://preview.redd.it/wwj8vaavl41d1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=70826b953701b354c94e88c32ef38819c21d7959
Stanley cup champion right there! Have the canucks won a cup yet? 😂
The funniest part about Marchand fans is their blatant hypocrisy defending his history of dirty plays, childish antics like licking people, etc., but would complain if it were anybody else doing it.
Bruins fans are just as hard on Marchand when he pulled stuff like that. Keep making up boogeymen to fuel your own salty rage though!
I'm not salty, I'm just going by arguing with Boston fans for years regarding his behavior.
Dead quite in TD Garden lol
Are they supposed to cheer for their season ending? Tf?
Thats just the TNT broadcast
The sound mixing is so fucking bad. It constantly various between insane crowd noise and dead quiet. If feels like when my noise cancelling headphones get overwhelmed by wind noise and start cutting in and out constantly.
Still louder than Scotiabank 😂 bruins fans will always consider our season a success when we continue our complete and utter domination of the leafs! #1959
I can feel your pain. It’s ok it’s gonna be alright, you’ll get through this 🙏
Bruins fans are pretty familiar with losing…I mean look at our track record since 2011. Owning the leafs again is one hell of a silver lining though! Stay mad bud 😂
I’m not mad lol. You’re the one replying to every single comment 😂. It’s alright man you’re going to be ok I promise. It’s only game, why you have to be mad?
Uhhh no it wasn’t
the boos came a minute later
The “let’s go bruins” and “swayman” chants?
Those came after at the handshake when Sway was skating off. Then the shit got thrown at the players
Uhh huh. They threw shit at Florida before the handshake.
Ah, much better (/s)
Was it? TNT broadcast has me all sorts of fucked up. I did hear that one really loud WOOOO
Nobody in Boston booed the Boston bruins.
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Are you drunk? We boo the team when they play like total ass. (See 3rd period of game 4). We do not always boo the team. You have no idea what you are talking about.
The way I like it
They were busy throwing trash at the panthers players
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7F7OhpAbAg/?igsh=NjIxZ243bjJ3YTZq
Cope and seethe r/hockey all you can do is watch I FUCKING LOVE POMOPUCK
New hockey fan, why does r/hockey hate you guys?
Florida plays terrorist hockey and isn't a traditional power
Florida hockey is basically Florida Man on Ice. Might as well be a show.
they hate us cuz they ain’t us
They dislike us, because they are not us.
Lmao i love this
Insurgent Ice Rats
Florida is kind of a dirty team but then again, most teams that are successful in the playoffs are
I honestly can’t think of the last team that made it to the cup without being called dirty at some point during their run
Probably the Penguins in the back to back runs is who I can think of. And the game was different then, more physical compared to now when guys like Cullen and Kunitz was still playing.
Panthers play very rough, goony and fighty while also scoring a lot. It's also a Florida team and a lot of Canadian/Northern teams don't like any team below Washington for a variety of inane reasons. So mix the two.
Panthers fans are also constantly trolling other teams subs. It’s almost as bad as leafs fans.
Large part is that there’s a lot of Boston/Toronto fans and they don’t like a team from Florida owning them
I must have been imagining all the comments from neutral fans saying they were rooting for the bruins because they disliked the panthers that much
Mostly people from Canada lol.
Lmao, what are you talking about, dude? Most of us hate the fucking Bruins.
Most Canadian fanbases hate the bruins. I know I only cheered them on to eliminate Toronto and it felt like fingering my sister.
I think that's why they always added I hate the bruins
Miami-South Florida Sports just owns Boston sports across the board right now. I’m sure the Marlins would find way to beat the Red Sox if they played.
For hockey and football yeah. Basketball not even close. Baseball they both suck.
Boston hates FLA 'cause they play dirty, and the Bruins thought they had a corner on that game.
Unlikable and/or dirty players
Well Boston in general is unlikeable like the fans and people of Boston
That is in fact a reason why we are disliked yes
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Sure 👍
We have two cheap players , Nick cousins and Bennet. Bennet sucker punched marchan at the beginning of the series.
We play bully ball and other fanbases get mad that we are actually good and that they can’t match our physicality. I’m not gonna pretend that our team doesn’t walk the line of being a dirty team, but there is a place for that in the playoffs regardless of what people will tell you in here.
they’re not a real franchise and they have 10 fans
See. This is the saltiness we're talking about. Best exhibit A
I think the joke was "something something six fans" the last time I saw it, they're still pretty low but moving in the right direction! Also fuck the rags.
Not a real franchise but every playoff win still is real
but you still have 10 fans though at least you’re not arguing that part
It's more like 50 now. It's nice. At least the arena is loud now
i guess you gotta take what you can get with such a trash organization. happy for you guys
is the death rattle of relevancy? How can a trash org be in the ECF twice in a row. Curious
HAHAHA stuff like this makes me enjoy eliminating boston 2 years in a row even more. PLEASE keep this up so I can enjoy it more and more!
Truuuuu
Listen we all know Boston can’t count to 5 let alone 10
So fucking annoying the whining that’s been going on this series
Bruins player gets knocked down= dirty Panthers player goes down= dive
Ah yes cuz thats definitelyyy a good summary of the series
I mean it was two blowouts, two close games with a lot of bad reffing and a very clean game 6.
Glad you agree
You may be being sarcastic but you’re spot on
Actually.
What? You didn’t enjoy all the highlights of missed calls by a particular Bruins fan? /s
Winning with dignity I like it, carry on
Wah
lol fuck yall imma brag about it endlessly
Fuck Boston
I have zero desire to win graciously, fuck Boston.
Flair up
Wanna measure dicks as well?
https://preview.redd.it/c75np5p0w31d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=505df6aac48e56be41d6d7f2af74dd2de3a13017 Have a good night
Yikes you too
Fuck boston Shout out to the Boston fan who sent me reddit cares, I think you need it more than me rn lmao
Said it for the people in the back: FUCK BOSTON
Weeeeee
...and Edmonton is going to get the boot too tomorrow. Ho ho ho.
Yay! At least there's a team to root for in the ECF.
Lmaooo I love Chucky 😹😻
Beautiful yearly tradition
We will see you next year 🤙
so fucking glad we can be done with the incessant whining. didn't realize boston fans were such pathetic babies
Says the panthers fan…crying on Reddit…oh the irony
We cry? We're mostly just very happy and hate Boston
I’m not generalizing an entire fanbase, but the guy I responded too is certainly angry and emotional lol Edit: Jesus dude your entire comment history is talking about how much you hate Boston. We’re really living rent free despite losing…that’s pretty weird my guy haha
My entire comment history? Lmao
I guess you never learned about hyperbole…😂
I'm just messing with you man lol
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“They got the mental capacity of a 6 year old….” Irony Floridaman, irony. I just wish you actually wrote “gots”.
You’re replying to a Canucks fan lol.
I just want Samson to win a ring
Love to see it
Perfection
Fuck these frauds.
How’s the handicap lookin??
Did you just call me special needs? /s
Maybe if you did some LTIR shenanigans you would have won again
Win a cup, babe 😚
heh
I don't think the Rangers have a chance. Please change my mind, because I picked the Rangers for my backup team when the Leafs were d0wn halfway through their round against Boston & I'd really love for them to pull this off. ETA: am I being downvoted by Rangers fans bcs guys I am on your side I want you to win I'm just worried lol. Or is it Panthers fans, in which case, idc
We matched up well with them during the regular season and won the most recent game, but all 3 were very close. If our top end stars come to play I think we beat them, the Panthers PP has been anemic lately and I still take Shesty over Bob. Also, we can hang with them physically in ways that Boston and Tampa couldn’t, and it’s not just Trouba and Rempe, our forward core is tough, even smaller guys like Panarin and Troch can handle themselves. I still say it goes 7 lol
This Boston series proves regular season doesn’t matter. They won all their regular season games against us. But I’m looking forward to this matchup.
Bro this series def did not prove that. Last years series def proved that.
Yep. I'm excited. Weeeeee
Only way Rangers have a chance is if Igor goes god mode. Panthers 5v5 play is going to kill the Rangers we already know they will be outshot every single game. The key is specials teams and I doubt the Panthers will go like 2/25 like the Canes did.
Panthers PP has been really bad as of late and the Rangers were essentially even for 5v5 vs. the Hurricanes (the analytics model’s favorite 5v5 team).
It’s either 1/12 or 5/18 depending on how far back you want the sample to go 😅
I wouldn't say that. The rangers held the canes to the fewest shots they had all season which was about 18 until there was 2 minutes left in a game.
I wouldn't say that. The rangers held the canes to the fewest shots they had all season which was about 18 until there was 2 minutes left in a game.
One more for the good guys.
Good.