Panthers troll former teams

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

That’s every sport league

Okay, glad we accepted that because every league is terrible it’s okay if the NHL is too. Only more so.

 

[Ratsreign]

I am beginning to think that by beating the Oilers twice in a row in the SCF, Florida also mentally broke some of their fans in a way that is unusual for even the Stanley Cup.

Absolutely none of the Florida fans acted this way after Vegas beat them for the Cup. Not a single one. I can't even recall a SCF that resulted in so much bitter salt from parts of a fan base.

It is just entertainment. If you think there is a big conspiracy, or it is garbage, or whatever, then you really need to just go watch something else and of course quit participating in a discussion board on the subject. Life is way too short.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

I am beginning to think that by beating the Oilers twice in a row in the SCF, Florida also mentally broke some of their fans in a way that is unusual for even the Stanley Cup.

Absolutely none of the Florida fans acted this way after Vegas beat them for the Cup. Not a single one. I can't even recall a SCF that resulted in so much bitter salt from parts of a fan base.

It is just entertainment. If you think there is a big conspiracy, or it is garbage, or whatever, then you really need to just go watch something else and of course quit participating in a discussion board on the subject. Life is way too short.

What like one dude that keeps baiting you guys?

 

[Laus723]

What like one dude that keeps baiting you guys?

He’s a Vegas fan; he hasn’t been baited. And there isn’t just one.

Okay, glad we accepted that because every league is terrible it’s okay if the NHL is too. Only more so.

Fair.

 

[Cool Hand Puke]

Here’s a hint, stop getting baited by it.

I know he’s a troll… he’s just a damn good one…

 

[edevils]

We're all hockey fans. Get a life and stop wasting your time fighting each other.

 

[brentashton]

Well, let’s do the math. Let’s believe the Panther fans and say that there’s 1,000,000 Panther fans, and 10%(100000) have watched the parade. According to you, Of that 100,000, 1% would be 1000 people who have the disorder and might take Bennett’s statement the wrong way. That is a LOT of people who can do a lot of harm, then say “well Bennett told me to”.

Bennett told me to “do it”…

I guess we have a new Son of Sam problem.

Your posts have officially moved beyond absurd into the realm of pure comedy. Really bad, pure comedy.

 

[IdleTraveller]

I know he’s a troll… he’s just a damn good one…

Well, they've kept this thread going for a lot longer than it needed to! So first star troll job there.

Back on-topic, Marchand's troll job was more on the GMs of other teams for trading away/not signing good players, not on the teams themselves. Which I think most fans even of those teams would find hilarious. On the players themselves, while I have no doubt that there is some real hatred there [pretty certain Tkachuck and Kane really do despise each other], most of it is professional and/or performative. Even just taking McDavid, Bennett and McDavid grew up together, and he was also friends with Ekblad at one point. My sense of professional athetes is that they're good at distinguishing between the real and the performative - you'd have to be.

On the fans, you should see the group chat messages between myself and my Toronto based cousins over the last few weeks. Lack of class doesn't begin to describe that cesspool, and let me tell you that I am not only a sore loser but an even worse winner... [It's been SO MUCH fun drinking in their tears .]

Then again, I grew up in soccer fandom where we have separate areas on the grounds for home/away fans as a matter of course, and police in riot gear to cordon off the two. And believe me that that is needed. From what I can see, you North American sports fans are MUCH classier than we Europeans could ever be...

 

[Ratsreign]

This guy makes a couple of great points near the end of the video.
(Approx @ 2 minute mark)

we really don’t care if you don’t like our favorite team, or even us for that matter. The shambles they have left in their wake among opposition fanbases over the last two years has been something to behold.
Let’s Go Panthers!!!

 

[Cool Hand Puke]

How are we the victims when every other fanbase came to your aid. The freaking Bolt fans supported you, because apparently you guys are the victims of vicious Oilers fan attacks. Seriously, every fanbase loved and adored you guys for two weeks(and longer than that counting the whole playoffs).

You guys are great at playing politics and swaying people for your causes. Seriously, expert level manipulation.

With fans like you representing them, I would see why. Most oilers fans have been cool outside of a select few.

 

[Based Anime Fan]

No I don’t. I never said anything when the Bolts won, or Vegas. I want hockey to be respected. Is it respected if freaking college football being on a higher pecking order?.

Respect and popularity are not mutually inclusive. Something can be well respected and not popular at all, same as something can be super popular but worthy of respect.

NCAA sports are more popular in some places because they've been there far, far longer than the NHL has.

 

[jackjohnson]

Florida Panthers order sushi for Stanley Cup parade from restaurant Oilers booked anticipating a Game 6 victory

The Florida Panthers have truly taken the meaning of petty to another level. The 2025 Stanley Cup champions held their celebratory parade…

russianmachineneverbreaks.com

So Oilers were very confident when they tied the series 2-2 to book a restaurant in FLA anticipating game 6 cup victory

Must have been that prick Kane or Perry or maybe McDavid decided to have sushi after listening to the pink pony club song.

 

[jackjohnson]

b2b cups brought to you by the calgary flames

Flames secretly wanted Florida to beat Edmonton

 

[New User Name]

I personally don't like the smoking and crude language I've heard but then again who gives a shit about the kids. LoL
I didn't know Ekblad and Bennett were the assholes they seem to be. Though Ekblad probably has an excuse.

Tkachuk, ya he's always been an asshole. But he does care about his teammates.

BTW Not an Oilers fan

 

[New User Name]

Well, they've kept this thread going for a lot longer than it needed to! So first star troll job there.

Back on-topic, Marchand's troll job was more on the GMs of other teams for trading away/not signing good players, not on the teams themselves. Which I think most fans even of those teams would find hilarious. On the players themselves, while I have no doubt that there is some real hatred there [pretty certain Tkachuck and Kane really do despise each other], most of it is professional and/or performative. Even just taking McDavid, Bennett and McDavid grew up together, and he was also friends with Ekblad at one point. My sense of professional athetes is that they're good at distinguishing between the real and the performative - you'd have to be.

On the fans, you should see the group chat messages between myself and my Toronto based cousins over the last few weeks. Lack of class doesn't begin to describe that cesspool, and let me tell you that I am not only a sore loser but an even worse winner... [It's been SO MUCH fun drinking in their tears .]

Then again, I grew up in soccer fandom where we have separate areas on the grounds for home/away fans as a matter of course, and police in riot gear to cordon off the two. And believe me that that is needed. From what I can see, you North American sports fans are MUCH classier than we Europeans could ever be...

It must be because I'm a lot older than most posters on here. People really get wrapped up in a kids game and I have no idea why. People have been shot and killed over sporting events. It's lunacy.

 

[andora]

Reinhart looks pimp

 

[IdleTraveller]

It must be because I'm a lot older than most posters on here. People really get wrapped up in a kids game and I have no idea why. People have been shot and killed over sporting events. It's lunacy.

As a Brit, I can speak more to football/soccer than hockey but for a lot of people, it's more than a game - it's about identity and community, and with that real tribalism. Most of us can treat it as a fun indulgance: as I mention, sports hatred is fun and largely performative - and the vast majority of us know that. But it can get occasionally get dangerous, particularly when people are drunk or just spoiling for a fight.

It doesn't happen so much now as the main offenders are tagged and the police are a lot better at keeping control and keeping the troublemakers out. But I remember going to some Millwall vs Charlton matches that were pretty ugly to the point where we left because of the atmosphere. From what I can see from North American sports though, it doesn't feel like you have that dangerous edge to your sports in the way that Europeans do with football - I mean, away fans seems to have no concern with sitting with home fans in a way that would be completely unheard of over here.

Maybe that's way I find the "outrage" here over over fan/player antics a little hilarious. If the worse behaviour you have is some "f*** McDavid" chants by drunk players/fans during a championship win, then that seems pretty harmless to me.

 

[New User Name]

As a Brit, I can speak more to football/soccer than hockey but for a lot of people, it's more than a game - it's about identity and community, and with that real tribalism. Most of us can treat it as a fun indulgance: as I mention, sports hatred is fun and largely performative - and the vast majority of us know that. But it can get occasionally get dangerous, particularly when people are drunk or just spoiling for a fight.

It doesn't happen so much now as the main offenders are tagged and the police are a lot better at keeping control and keeping the troublemakers out. But I remember going to some Millwall vs Charlton matches that were pretty ugly to the point where we left because of the atmosphere. From what I can see from North American sports though, it doesn't feel like you have that dangerous edge to your sports in the way that Europeans do with football - I mean, away fans seems to have no concern with sitting with home fans in a way that would be completely unheard of over here.

Maybe that's way I find the "outrage" here over over fan/player antics a little hilarious. If the worse behaviour you have is some "f*** McDavid" chants by drunk players/fans during a championship win, then that seems pretty harmless to me.

I see the way they act in front of kids and we wonder why kids today have attitudes . Imagine a peewee hockey team acting like the Panthers, There should be something called common sense.

 

[Hank Plank]

Flames secretly wanted Florida to beat Edmonton

Secretly?

 

[IdleTraveller]

I see the way they act in front of kids and we wonder why kids today have attitudes . Imagine a peewee hockey team acting like the Panthers, There should be something called common sense.

Oh, that's where you're coming from...

If the peewee team learn to play defensively sound two way hockey focused on puck possession and pressure, they'll be fine.

 

[ReturnOfTheDrai]

With fans like you representing them, I would see why. Most oilers fans have been cool outside of a select few.

So we can’t criticize or say anything negative about the Panthers or we are the bad guys . You guys are supposed to be resilient, with all the six fan jokes flying around, but you guys decided to antagonize us instead of just accepting our constructive criticism and concerns to be better and improve. All my objections and arguments were always coming from a concerned, intrigued, and constructive way. No harm intended. You guys are allowed to defend yourself, but ruthlessly attacking Oiler fans for no reason?. That is harm intended. Wow no Bueno.

NO fanbase we faced these playoffs has come down harder on us than you guys, not even close. Is it a coincidence?.

 

[ReturnOfTheDrai]

Respect and popularity are not mutually inclusive. Something can be well respected and not popular at all, same as something can be super popular but worthy of respect.

NCAA sports are more popular in some places because they've been there far, far longer than the NHL has.

When people care more about Semi Pro college sports than Hockey, it says a lot about what the fans think of hockey down there. Most don’t know it exists, which is disrespectful considering the Panthers are back to back champs and have generated press in South Florida. Those people still don’t bother to show up or watch. It’s an “eh, who cares?” Vibe down there, and that stains the image of the NHL world wide. Imagine how crazy Edmonton or Toronto would be right now if they were back to back champs?

Imagine being a kid in Edmonton and Florida beat you twice back to back. You are a die-hard hockey fan, and when you look at how the state of Florida just doesn’t bother and doesn’t care about the championship, that takes the magic away from the kids. It’s like saying Santa isn’t real to a little kid. As a kid, the lively and electric vibe of hockey was what made it special, how everyone went crazy when the game was on and we won. That is sorely missing in Florida.

Note: I know many do care in South Florida, many have proved me this, but proportionally to the population, it’s like 5% maybe less who are fans.

 

[Pablo El Perro]

So we can’t criticize or say anything negative about the Panthers or we are the bad guys . You guys are supposed to be resilient, with all the six fan jokes flying around, but you guys decided to antagonize us instead of just accepting our constructive criticism and concerns to be better and improve. All my objections and arguments were always coming from a concerned, intrigued, and constructive way. No harm intended. You guys are allowed to defend yourself, but ruthlessly attacking Oiler fans for no reason?. That is harm intended. Wow no Bueno.

NO fanbase we faced these playoffs has come down harder on us than you guys, not even close. Is it a coincidence?.

There's one obvious difference between the Panthers and the other fan bases the Oilers faced. Wanna guess?

 

[ReturnOfTheDrai]

This guy makes a couple of great points near the end of the video.
(Approx @ 2 minute mark)

we really don’t care if you don’t like our favorite team, or even us for that matter. The shambles they have left in their wake among opposition fanbases over the last two years has been something to behold.
Let’s Go Panthers!!!

So he doesn’t even want to Apologize to Stolarz? The guy he sent to the hospital. I don’t know how you can say Bennett speaks for us when he takes NO responsibility for his actions. Someone who sends another human to a hospital and doesn’t show remorse is not a well functioning member of society.

 

[ReturnOfTheDrai]

There's one obvious difference between the Panthers and the other fan bases the Oilers faced. Wanna guess?

That You guys beat us, but really those fans wouldn’t have acted like this had they won(apart maybe from Kings fans). Those guys have empathy, and they understand hockey culture and in general are very down to earth people. Their players wouldn’t break the social contract either