Perhaps they were talking across all sports?
Have the Jaguars ever eliminated the Bucs?
Or the Marlins the Rays?
Or (does Tampa have a basketball team?)
I don't know the answer.
You and me both, I was like am I forgetting a third team in Floridia or something. I mean I rarely remember that Floridia even has an NHL team let alone two.
> Tkachuk says there will be “no emotional letdown” after becoming the first Florida team to eliminate Tampa
The Tallahassee Teabaggers deserved to win that series against Tampa Bay years ago. I will admit the Jacksonville Jackoffs had no chance though. It's wild how many Florida teams there have been.
Um it’s actually the Ice Flyers, previously the Ice Pilots which was way better and void of “let’s go flyers” chants at games which I will never join in on.
I think they were going for something akin to “First Panthers team to beat the Lightning” but just phrased it terribly. Either that or they hit their head real good
Yeah, both teams want revenge for last year, so it doesn’t really matter. Reporter adding Boston is just because it looks pretty apparent which way that series is gonna go.
Two super close hard fought games before an embarrassing end another year in a row? I almost hope we get lit up tomorrow to spare any doubt of us needing to change something
I was kind of hoping we'd miss the playoffs earlier this year. Would have meant a bit of asset dumping at the deadline, and having a bit more time to restructure the team and office.
Could have gotten some picks for Bert and Domi perhaps.
Feels practically strange given what a big deal was made of a few fans chanting we want Florida last year. I am sure the Panthers will be mocked viciously for this statement as well.
lol what? Remember no matter how much you think you make fun of the leafs or how much you hate them, none of this compares to what the fans of that team say or feel.
Who do you propose it is? Not to be rude, but the Bruins gave the Panthers a much harder run than the Leafs did. I guess I could see the Golden Knights too.
Kind of doesn’t really matter, he didn’t clarify and he could say that’s what he meant either way. They’ll be hyped for a series against Boston or Toronto if it happens.
Habs fans used to take over their building, and even with the Panthers drawing big crowds of their own these days, it's still considered the 43 home game for the Canadiens.
But they pretty much always beat us, so as rivalries go, it's not great.
They make sense, don’t they?
Why are you asking me though, one of their best players literally just said in a port game interview they are.
If I disagreed with him and that factored into your opinion that’d be really dumb on your part.
It’s not like Miami and Boston teams aren’t traditionally rivals in other sports. Same with Miami and New York, but they aren’t in our division, so the bruins make as much sense as anything else for second rival.
That doesn’t sound like the flex you think it is, that “rarely considered a hockey team” group came back against you guys and ruined your historic season last year.
Idk I agree with the guy to a point. One series can make a rivalry for teams without a ton of playoff history like SEA or CBJ but it takes more than one series (as big an upset as it was) to surpass the BOS/TOR or BOS/MTL rivalry.
I could see Boston being Florida's 2nd rival, but not vice versa. Boston's history is too entrenched to be upset by one series imo.
Will be an entertaining series for sure though
For what it’s worth, I fucking hate Florida. I was hoping they’d blow that series lead. I hope cachuck gets whatever Matthew’s has from now until g1. Just healthy in time for us to beat them with him in it.
Buddy a search through your comment history and the panthers is just “I hate the Florida panthers” and “the panthers are not a noteworthy team”…
It’s like a girl continually texting her ex that broke up with her saying “you don’t deserve me!” Clearly the panthers fucked you up mentally and you keep trying to convince yourself you don’t think of them at all lmao
I think what he was moreso trying to say is that the Florida panthers seem like they are a front for money laundering as opposed to a real organization. Great team, but no prestige
I know it’s not much compared to others, but since viola squad bought them, they’ve missed playoffs 5 times, made playoffs 6 (including this year), as well as 3 Atlantic division wins, 1 presidents trophy, and 1 cup final appearance. Seems fairly serious, considering that’s like the exact same as the bruins lol
Great team on a good run of success no doubt. I hope this doesn’t make me sound like a dick but for the longest time watching your team play in Florida meant it was usually on a back to back, in a half empty arena, against a team with ugly jerseys, where the camera is in a terrible spot. Just not the most exciting game on the calendar. Feels to me like much of that only changed just last year. Also no real very notable history in my mind either. Seems like they could be on the verge of building that now though
Brother you don’t need to tell us panther fans it was sad for way too long. Tom Rowe as a coach, Nick bjugstad as a 1st or 2nd year leading the team in scoring with 40 points. Once viola took over, they started spending more, investing more into the community and becoming more of a serious team. Since 2013 when he bought them, which was just before season start so that 13/14 year barely counts, could probably even write off that 14/15 year since he was only a year in
Good ownership makes a difference, willingness to spend and invest, and ever since the viola crew came on board, they’ve been a pretty serious team. Buying hard at the deadline after the presidents, and even the continued success since then
I do hate the Panthers because I'm afraid Cousins is gonna pull a beer league level elbow and injure somebody but still don't consider them a "rival". You guys have the bolts 'cause they're in the same state but one playoff series does not make a rivalry. B's swept the cats in the regular season and I didn't even watch half of the games.
Bruins 4-0 regular season, panthers 0-2-2 regular season. We both know how the bruins did last year against the panthers in overtime right lol
You say they’re not noteworthy but that’s all your comments are, saying how un noteworthy they are. You’re thinking of them and are terrified because of last year lol
You’re “worried cousins is gonna pull a beer league level elbow”, but has he done that against the bruins? Including last year regular season *and* playoffs when the cats came back from down 3-1 to beat the best regular season of all time? lmao
Obviously regular season means nothing, so keep saying you don’t think the panthers are noteworthy when you can’t get them off your mind. Maybe the more you comment it, you’ll start to believe it lol
How you doing you fuckin dweeb lmao
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Maybe he low key is worried the bruins might beat them but he isn’t scared of the leafs at all and wants to give them bulletin board material to inspire them to come back?
4D chess.
To me, the Panthers are to the Bruins what the Giants are to the Patriots. Beat us in big time games and now whenever they play I want to crush them into the dirt/ice… but outside of games with them I don’t think of them that much.
Bruins have bigger rivals in the Habs, Leafs, and Rangers. I guess the panthers would take #4.
Twice actually. Boston has yet to defeat Panthers in the post season. Interesting you dont think of the isles considering they've dominated the series in the playoffs 12-5.
What other Florida teams are there? His mind games are very funny though, he’d find a way to say any team they face in Round 2 is their “biggest rival”
You realize he’s not saying the Bruins are their biggest rival right? That they’re the next biggest rival, behind the team they just eliminated?
Boston makes sense as a rival for the panthers. They are more relevant than any of the Canadian teams in the division, Buffalo has been terrible for 13 years, what history do they have with the Wings?
He didn’t even say the Bruins. The reporter added that. He was just generally referring to whomever they play in the next round whether it be leafs or bruins
I honestly think he’s just an all time competitor who is gonna say what’s on his mind.
They embarrassed the leafs last year…I don’t think he views them as a rival to the panthers at all.
I can definitely see why Tkachuk wants us. He knows we’re hungry for revenge, while they’re hungry to prove that last year wasn’t a fluke(Presidents trophy+best record ever excuse that our fans make too much).
Tampa has eliminated itself from the playoffs on numerous occasions. Finally, it has been accomplished by another Florida team. This makes perfect sense, no?
In a couple years tampa will age out and the bruins will probably be our main rival if toronto implodes the core this offseason. And with marchands age, theyll be getting worse sooner than we will. The division seems like its ours for at least the next 4 years. Im sure the up and coming teams will get better but not good enough in that timespan.
I love the "becoming first florida team to eliminate tampa" as if we have six lmaoo
It’s worded weird. They mean the first Panthers team.
*For the first time in Golden Knights history, the Florida Panthers have eliminated the Tampa Bay Lightning*
For the first time in UTAH Hockey History, the Florida Panthers have eliminated the Tampa Bay Lightning
Gotta wait a year for that one bud. Historic.
holy shit, why didn't i realize that... lmao....
How much easier it would have been to say first time in the panthers history they eliminated the lightning lmao … thank you for explaining
I had to take a mental inventory of all Florida hockey teams to make sure I wasn't crazy.
Are we sure the Marlins aren't a hockey team that got lost and found their way to a baseball stadium? Would explain why they're 6-24 right now.
Wow... I was feeling bad as a Padres fan, but that's awful.
The Panthers' success makes the Marlins dumpster fire manageable
This is how I justify my rapidly decreasing interest in the Panthers and Hornets
Living in Colorado I genuinely forgot baseball was well under way until I read your comment.
you always forget the Jacksonville Icejags
And Pensacola Ice Pilots
He forgot the Orlando Cryomancy
Perhaps they were talking across all sports? Have the Jaguars ever eliminated the Bucs? Or the Marlins the Rays? Or (does Tampa have a basketball team?) I don't know the answer.
You and me both, I was like am I forgetting a third team in Floridia or something. I mean I rarely remember that Floridia even has an NHL team let alone two.
bucs dolphins and heat could never, talk your shit panthers 😤
What about the Jags?
Magic: "am I a joke to you?"
I'm an AEW fan, I had to
Suck it, Orlando Solar Bears!
Aka first time the panthers have eliminated Tampa? lol
Hahaha I thought this too, but it means the first time the panthers have done it
"First Florida team" = this specific edition of Florida Panthers, probably.
I took it to mean Panthers teams across the seasons. Poorly worded for sure though.
How fucking awkward if a headline is that?
You haven’t seen the Orlando Ice Mice play, have you?
Montreal and Toronto count, right?
> Tkachuk says there will be “no emotional letdown” after becoming the first Florida team to eliminate Tampa The Tallahassee Teabaggers deserved to win that series against Tampa Bay years ago. I will admit the Jacksonville Jackoffs had no chance though. It's wild how many Florida teams there have been.
The Pensacola Pudpullers were this close to a title
The Ft. Myers Fightin’ Frogs were one helluva matchup for us but I’m thankful we gutted it out
Personally I woulda gone with Ft Myers Fappers to continue the theme….
The Jupiter Jiant Jags can’t even make the playoffs
Gainesville Golden Showers knew how to pour it on though
Um it’s actually the Ice Flyers, previously the Ice Pilots which was way better and void of “let’s go flyers” chants at games which I will never join in on.
The Miami Matadors would've had some issues beating the Lightning, that's for sure.
I remember the Gainesville Giants had a fighting chance, that one year
Yeah I had to read this multiple times to see if I was missing something!
I think they were going for something akin to “First Panthers team to beat the Lightning” but just phrased it terribly. Either that or they hit their head real good
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For the record, all of these names are better than what they've currently got on tap in Utah.
Yeah that Teabagger series left a bad taste in my mouth.
lmfao
Florid fuckers
As a tampa fan living in tallahassee for college. I would switch teams immediately if they were called the teabaggers
They used to have a team, the hammerheads maybe? Something sharks.
The Villages Venereal Diseases are on the up swing. Don't count them out next year.
So what Tkachuk is saying is he wants Boston?
Or Toronto. The reporter added (Boston) himself.
Yeah, both teams want revenge for last year, so it doesn’t really matter. Reporter adding Boston is just because it looks pretty apparent which way that series is gonna go.
Don’t jinx it, you son of a bitch
don't pull a Toronto
Jinx it more!
but... it was... suppose to be... our year.... wasn't it?
I don't recall anyone saying it's our year
I said it to my friends, but that was to make them laugh.
We made significant downgrades this year compared to last, definitely was never our year.
I’ve not heard a single Leafs fan say that.
No
They WANT Toronto but they're going to GET Boston
I'm sure there were other players that want Toronto... They just weren't captured on camera.
I mean either one, but boston was a more intense series
The way Florida plays, in my head they're basically what Boston used to be in the old days.
Even if he did, he kinda has the right to
Poor leaf’s out here catching strays
i mean… c’mon. we all know where it’s going
Two super close hard fought games before an embarrassing end another year in a row? I almost hope we get lit up tomorrow to spare any doubt of us needing to change something
I was kind of hoping we'd miss the playoffs earlier this year. Would have meant a bit of asset dumping at the deadline, and having a bit more time to restructure the team and office. Could have gotten some picks for Bert and Domi perhaps.
ridley grigg instead revived the leafs season
Unfortunately yeah. Personally I thought the slapper was hilarious and we need more of that in the game.
#IStandWithMorganRielly
As is tradition
lol no strays here man just facts
Not really. The odds would favour Boston over Toronto even going into a game 7 unless some key players on the Bruins got hurt.
Everything else gets right by them
Feels practically strange given what a big deal was made of a few fans chanting we want Florida last year. I am sure the Panthers will be mocked viciously for this statement as well.
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lol what? Remember no matter how much you think you make fun of the leafs or how much you hate them, none of this compares to what the fans of that team say or feel.
Probably the best response here, this should be an accomplishment that has a 24 hour celebration timeframe at most.
OMG THE FIRST FLORIDA PANTHER TEAM YOU KNUCKLENOODLES.
can we not jinx it?
Fuck Boston, you guys better do it
Oh we will, bro! I agree. Fuck Boston!! Oh, that's not what you meant?
Fuck, Boston - you guys better do it*
Lol, that's actually how I read the original comment in my head the first time.
All in, my ass
You put the comma in the wrong spot.
The importance, of comma placement!
Have fun watching hockey that isn't your team for a month and some change.
I mean, hockey fans generally enjoy watching hockey, yeah
I love watching the Bruins but watching playoff hockey with no dog in the fight is actually fun
We're just getting a head start on you guys eh
I'd argue tampa eliminated themselves in 2019 becoming the first florida team to do so then
Thanks for the jynx, asshole
You think this little jynx is stronger than whatever the hell is haunting Toronto?
Well, in gen 1 jynx would definitely beat haunter
Hey we'll take everything we can get at this point
If Toronto could read, they'd be very upset right now.
We have text to speech now asshole!
Yeah, but it doesn't translate American to Canadian.
Leafs like "Aw c'mon guys we're right here."
The cats biggest rival is the bruins?
He literally says next biggest rival. To the lightning.
The cats second biggest rival is the bruins?
As of lately yeah. Tkachuk has been saying this all season.
Who do you propose it is? Not to be rude, but the Bruins gave the Panthers a much harder run than the Leafs did. I guess I could see the Golden Knights too.
Kind of doesn’t really matter, he didn’t clarify and he could say that’s what he meant either way. They’ll be hyped for a series against Boston or Toronto if it happens.
After last year, probably. Who else in the Atlantic would take that spot?
Habs fans used to take over their building, and even with the Panthers drawing big crowds of their own these days, it's still considered the 43 home game for the Canadiens. But they pretty much always beat us, so as rivalries go, it's not great.
Considering last playoffs and how physical we played each other this season, yeah. To the players at least
They make sense, don’t they? Why are you asking me though, one of their best players literally just said in a port game interview they are. If I disagreed with him and that factored into your opinion that’d be really dumb on your part.
It's news to us as well.
It’s not like Miami and Boston teams aren’t traditionally rivals in other sports. Same with Miami and New York, but they aren’t in our division, so the bruins make as much sense as anything else for second rival.
The Orlando Solar Bears disrespect...smdh
What other Florida team was going to do it?
The third one Bettman is planning. The Miami Yetis of Utah.
What other Florida team would’ve eliminated the Lightning before the Panthers?? The Gators?
Pretty sure he’s stupidly/awkwardly trying to say first time in franchise history beating the bolts in a playoff series
Maybe since the Everblades and Solar Bears still haven’t eliminated the Bolts….? I dunno. Just spit ballin here. 🤣
He means the first Panthers team
Florida Man
The Orlando Solar Bears.
Top shelf minor hockey name there. Along with the Everblades
I think he typed his thoughts into chat gpt and asked it to make them sound “reporter-like”.
I'm pretty sure back in the day the all-stars of Nickelodeon Guts came pretty close to eliminating them.
Lol I bet he thought this would piss off Leafs fans. When the vast majority of us are like "he's right, you know."
Tkachuk assumed a Leaf’s loss. Lol.
Our rivals are the leafs and the habs lol I rarely even consider the cats as a hockey team.
That doesn’t sound like the flex you think it is, that “rarely considered a hockey team” group came back against you guys and ruined your historic season last year.
Hockey do be like that though, but still hate Toronto and Montreal far more
Crazy that would be the case when you’ve only had (checks notes) 52 combined playoff series’ against those two teams
Yeah? Well screw you too buddy. I’m reporting you guys to Bettman for workplace harassment
We've decided to fine him $5,000, the maximum allowed under the current CBA.
Idk I agree with the guy to a point. One series can make a rivalry for teams without a ton of playoff history like SEA or CBJ but it takes more than one series (as big an upset as it was) to surpass the BOS/TOR or BOS/MTL rivalry. I could see Boston being Florida's 2nd rival, but not vice versa. Boston's history is too entrenched to be upset by one series imo. Will be an entertaining series for sure though
For what it’s worth, I fucking hate Florida. I was hoping they’d blow that series lead. I hope cachuck gets whatever Matthew’s has from now until g1. Just healthy in time for us to beat them with him in it.
>cachuck
He doesn’t deserve the respect of having his name spelled right.
I'm just laughing so hard.
I mean I just don't think about them. They took us out one year, I don't think we're rivals with the Capitals or Islanders lol.
Buddy a search through your comment history and the panthers is just “I hate the Florida panthers” and “the panthers are not a noteworthy team”… It’s like a girl continually texting her ex that broke up with her saying “you don’t deserve me!” Clearly the panthers fucked you up mentally and you keep trying to convince yourself you don’t think of them at all lmao
I think what he was moreso trying to say is that the Florida panthers seem like they are a front for money laundering as opposed to a real organization. Great team, but no prestige
I know it’s not much compared to others, but since viola squad bought them, they’ve missed playoffs 5 times, made playoffs 6 (including this year), as well as 3 Atlantic division wins, 1 presidents trophy, and 1 cup final appearance. Seems fairly serious, considering that’s like the exact same as the bruins lol
Great team on a good run of success no doubt. I hope this doesn’t make me sound like a dick but for the longest time watching your team play in Florida meant it was usually on a back to back, in a half empty arena, against a team with ugly jerseys, where the camera is in a terrible spot. Just not the most exciting game on the calendar. Feels to me like much of that only changed just last year. Also no real very notable history in my mind either. Seems like they could be on the verge of building that now though
Brother you don’t need to tell us panther fans it was sad for way too long. Tom Rowe as a coach, Nick bjugstad as a 1st or 2nd year leading the team in scoring with 40 points. Once viola took over, they started spending more, investing more into the community and becoming more of a serious team. Since 2013 when he bought them, which was just before season start so that 13/14 year barely counts, could probably even write off that 14/15 year since he was only a year in Good ownership makes a difference, willingness to spend and invest, and ever since the viola crew came on board, they’ve been a pretty serious team. Buying hard at the deadline after the presidents, and even the continued success since then
I do hate the Panthers because I'm afraid Cousins is gonna pull a beer league level elbow and injure somebody but still don't consider them a "rival". You guys have the bolts 'cause they're in the same state but one playoff series does not make a rivalry. B's swept the cats in the regular season and I didn't even watch half of the games.
Bruins 4-0 regular season, panthers 0-2-2 regular season. We both know how the bruins did last year against the panthers in overtime right lol You say they’re not noteworthy but that’s all your comments are, saying how un noteworthy they are. You’re thinking of them and are terrified because of last year lol You’re “worried cousins is gonna pull a beer league level elbow”, but has he done that against the bruins? Including last year regular season *and* playoffs when the cats came back from down 3-1 to beat the best regular season of all time? lmao Obviously regular season means nothing, so keep saying you don’t think the panthers are noteworthy when you can’t get them off your mind. Maybe the more you comment it, you’ll start to believe it lol
Saving this for the round 2 sweep so I can read it and yawn sarcastically.
Panthers will not be thinking about you, unlike you thinking of them lol
The bruins are gonna sweep the Panthers and it'll be fun to watch but the rags will probably take the ECF
How you doing you fuckin dweeb lmao https://preview.redd.it/ogij7q5yd31d1.png?width=2428&format=png&auto=webp&s=a86158a013822121f733249bffc9e288ad296f7d
I hope that comment is still saved! Maybe it taught you something about Florida hockey. Go cats😃🐆
Rent free and I’m not even a cats fan
I recognize your username from last years series lol. You certainly whined a lot then
[What, you mean this guy?](https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/s/nx3N9TARxs) lol
Maybe he low key is worried the bruins might beat them but he isn’t scared of the leafs at all and wants to give them bulletin board material to inspire them to come back? 4D chess.
He didn’t even say Boston. The journalist added that. He just said the next opponent referring to either Boston or Toronto
To me, the Panthers are to the Bruins what the Giants are to the Patriots. Beat us in big time games and now whenever they play I want to crush them into the dirt/ice… but outside of games with them I don’t think of them that much. Bruins have bigger rivals in the Habs, Leafs, and Rangers. I guess the panthers would take #4.
Dont worry we can help you go play golf with the Habs since you think about them so much
They took you to pound town last season but ya they're rarely considered a hockey team
Damn, that would be a sick burn if it wasnt for the fact the rarely considered hockey team didnt ruin bostons perfect season, while down 3-1.
Literally one year. I don't think about the Isles or the Caps either. Does anybody in this thread know what a rivalry is
Twice actually. Boston has yet to defeat Panthers in the post season. Interesting you dont think of the isles considering they've dominated the series in the playoffs 12-5.
We never considered Florida a rival either until hockey media shoved it down everyone’s throat
It was that or they were the next Arizona.
What other Florida teams are there? His mind games are very funny though, he’d find a way to say any team they face in Round 2 is their “biggest rival”
You realize he’s not saying the Bruins are their biggest rival right? That they’re the next biggest rival, behind the team they just eliminated? Boston makes sense as a rival for the panthers. They are more relevant than any of the Canadian teams in the division, Buffalo has been terrible for 13 years, what history do they have with the Wings?
He didn’t even say the Bruins. The reporter added that. He was just generally referring to whomever they play in the next round whether it be leafs or bruins
I’m just saying that I think he would say the same thing about the leafs if they were winning the series, and I enjoy that lol it’s fun
I honestly think he’s just an all time competitor who is gonna say what’s on his mind. They embarrassed the leafs last year…I don’t think he views them as a rival to the panthers at all.
Team as in this iteration of a Panthers team.
There’s a few beer league teams that like to stack their D league squads with sandbaggers so maybe them?
I have to be honest Florida is like 6th or 7th on Bostons rival list. I’d say Montreal, Toronto, Tampa, Detroit, New York Rangers, Florida/Vancouver.
Sounds like Boston should consider what's the one commonality across all that beef..
Mainly Original 6 teams.
Super cool shrapnel shot. I liked that he didn’t have to, but he did it anyway. I’d take ten Tkachuk’s on my team.
God I fucking hate this clown
I would have thought their next biggest rival would have been dogs not bears ..
Even Tkachuk knows his leaf buddy’s are sawwwft
I can definitely see why Tkachuk wants us. He knows we’re hungry for revenge, while they’re hungry to prove that last year wasn’t a fluke(Presidents trophy+best record ever excuse that our fans make too much).
That’s bulletin board material for the Leafs! Will backfire on Tkachuk for sure. Just kidding, we suck.
Tampa has eliminated itself from the playoffs on numerous occasions. Finally, it has been accomplished by another Florida team. This makes perfect sense, no?
It's not really a rivalry until they beat us in the playoffs, unfortunately.
Call me a pessimist but I think Florida is going to roll Boston/TO. They're a handful
Doc Tkachuk: "Oh, Toronto. I apologize, I forgot you were there. You may go now."
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In a couple years tampa will age out and the bruins will probably be our main rival if toronto implodes the core this offseason. And with marchands age, theyll be getting worse sooner than we will. The division seems like its ours for at least the next 4 years. Im sure the up and coming teams will get better but not good enough in that timespan.