Florida Panthers are this year's Montreal Canadians

[General Disarray]

The clock hasn't struck midnight yet for this Cinderella team. They are firing on all cylinders by committee while Bob makes the big stops like Price did back in 2021.

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[Panteras]

Your jinx thread was supposed to be made before tonight's game

 

[Tob]

Much better team. This is just a classic underdog run. Montreal's run is a Cinderella on cocaine.

 

[General Disarray]

Your jinx thread was supposed to be made before tonight's game

They can't be Cinderella if they didn't win the series...

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

I don’t see it. Florida was elite in prior seasons and is now breaking through in an unexpected year. That’s Washington, if there’s a comparable.

Montreal was consistently mid outside of that run.

 

[Montreal Shadow]

Nah, Florida was actually good but just got unlucky in the regular season.

Montreal got hot at the right time and had a team built for the playoffs.

 

[Despote]

Montreal won the Presidents Trophy the year before?

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

Florida has a much better team than the Habs did. They're more akin to the 2012 Kings or even the Blues.

 

[kylbaz]

They were literally the best team in the NHL the year before. This is nothing like Montreal.

 

[Louie the Blue]

This is super unfair for the comparison. They're a much better team than the Canadiens were.

 

[Hunter368]

Panthers just beat the best team in the NHL this year in Boston and now just beat the Leafs.......both were vaulted top cup contenders. Panthers haven't gotten any easy passes like the North div. Panthers have been way more impressive

 

[Hockeyholic]

Not even close.

Florida has been consistently making the postseason. Presidents trophy last year. Panthers have better forwards and depth. They are more than just Bobrovski.

Montreal was a fluke who was bad before and after said run.

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

OP batting .000 across the board.
We get it, you don't like the Panthers winning.

 

[HuGo Sham]

The clock hasn't struck midnight yet for this Cinderella team. They are firing on all cylinders by committee while Bob makes the big stops like Price did back in 2021.

You spelled Canadiens wrong

Not even close.

Florida has been consistently making the postseason. Presidents trophy last year. Panthers have better forwards and depth. They are more than just Bobrovski.

Montreal as a fluke who was bad before and after said run.

Uh no, teams don't fluke out 3 rounds and 13 playoff wins. that team was good. They had a shitty Covid season because they were wiped out by the virus and were forced to play an even more ridiculously compacted schedule

 

[Dread Clawz]

OP batting .000 across the board.
We get it, you don't like the Panthers winning.

Revenge for that mains thread that made the Panthers immediately lose 4 straight.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Word.

They got that '76 build going on.

 

[IceManCat]

I'd say closer to the 2019 Blues if you want to make a comparison

 

[vaspa]

Panthers are 4-0 in overtime games, only need to go 6-0 in the rest of the way to equal the -93 Habs.

 

[Seb]

Both teams had a Staal and beat the Leafs, I can see the similarities!

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

I like the comparison to the Kings or Blues from previous years. Florida was pretty good and just seems to have meshed at the right time... but man they will be in tough vs Carolina who are rolling along despite key injuries.

 

[Sykur]

I think this year's Florida Panthers are like the Florida Panthers.

y'all forget they've done this before.

 

[Iggys Dome]

That Montreal team is the worst team to make the finals in my lifetime.

Florida has a Hart trophy candidate and elite #1C, a true #1D and 2 time Vezina trophy winner in Bob.

Montreal had Price...Weber on the downswing of his career...and uhh that's it.

 

[Rschmitz]

If Florida hadn't run into the Lightning early the last two years this thread wouldn't exist, they deserve to be where they are right now

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

The clock hasn't struck midnight yet for this Cinderella team. They are firing on all cylinders by committee while Bob makes the big stops like Price did back in 2021.

Hey man, just wanted to quote you so you get the little notification informing you- yo, this is a really bad take.

 

[Garo]

They do also have Eric Staal on the team, though he probably does not remember ever playing for Montréal