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Eklund
Commissioner
Joined: 09.15.2005

May 24 @ 10:27 AM ET
Eklund: The Florida Panthers Have Won the Hearts of NHL Fans. Who Do You Like?
dothedougie
Boston Bruins
Location: DISCLAIMER: HEAVY SARCASM FILTER, CO
Joined: 10.24.2013

May 24 @ 10:41 AM ET
People kept saying they cant, then they just do. Its a great underdog story and they keep finding ways to win games.


This team is a Cat Wagon.
jmatchett383
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Newark, DE
Joined: 03.09.2010

May 24 @ 11:08 AM ET
Flyers in 3

decades
2Real
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: IT'S GRITTIN TIME, CA
Joined: 07.14.2007

May 24 @ 11:38 AM ET
"We want Florida"
GalacticStone
Tampa Bay Lightning
Location: Supercharged engine powered by high octane butthurt
Joined: 01.29.2013

May 24 @ 11:44 AM ET
I don't think I have ever been less interested in a potential final matchup.

Cooleus
Joined: 04.13.2021

May 24 @ 11:45 AM ET
NHL fans have a top 10 list of favourite teams? I don't. I love 1 team and basically hate the rest. Most die hard fans are like that.

But fairweather fans I guess can like numerous teams at once. I suspect Florida being such heavy underdogs in round 1 is the main reason.

bullethead7
Season Ticket Holder
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Oshawa, ON
Joined: 07.26.2007

May 24 @ 11:52 AM ET
"We want Florida"

People need to understand this was not because Leafs fans thought Florida to be the easier route to the Final Four, but because we wanted to see the Bruins blow a 3 games to 1 lead and lose a series as such heavy favourites.

This was never about Florida, but about maximizing the pain for the Bruins (who has inflicted so much on the Leafs over the last 15 years).
JimboCoppertone
Florida Panthers
Location: Sunny SoFla
Joined: 01.22.2016

May 24 @ 11:52 AM ET
Go Panthers!
dothedougie
Boston Bruins
Location: DISCLAIMER: HEAVY SARCASM FILTER, CO
Joined: 10.24.2013

May 24 @ 12:05 PM ET
"We want Florida"

People need to understand this was not because Leafs fans thought Florida to be the easier route to the Final Four, but because we wanted to see the Bruins blow a 3 games to 1 lead and lose a series as such heavy favourites.

This was never about Florida, but about maximizing the pain for the Bruins (who has inflicted so much on the Leafs over the last 15 years).

- bullethead7





Sure it was.
Ratsreign
Florida Panthers
Location: Mo can stay awhile, FL
Joined: 10.27.2017

May 24 @ 12:09 PM ET
@bullethead
it’s never about Florida, even after they beat the Leafs in 5.
Osprey
Joined: 11.10.2015

May 24 @ 12:11 PM ET
If Leafs fans wanted to hurt the Bruins for what they inflicted on the Bruins over the last 15 years, they would've been chanting "We want Boston" so that their Leafs could be the ones to do it.
Ratsreign
Florida Panthers
Location: Mo can stay awhile, FL
Joined: 10.27.2017

May 24 @ 12:12 PM ET
"We want Florida"

People need to understand this was not because Leafs fans thought Florida to be the easier route to the Final Four, but because we wanted to see the Bruins blow a 3 games to 1 lead and lose a series as such heavy favourites.

This was never about Florida, but about maximizing the pain for the Bruins (who has inflicted so much on the Leafs over the last 15 years).

- bullethead7

They were also chanting we want Boston!
So, it was just fans having fun after their’s team’s series victory. poop happens, people took it and ran with it. Don’t try to come up with some deep philosophical reasons why they were chanting we want Florida
FoppaForever
Colorado Avalanche
Joined: 11.13.2018

May 24 @ 12:12 PM ET
I want Florida but it's the lesser of 4 evils to me. I Don't want a team in the West to win it, I certainly don't want a team in the Central to win it. I'm an Avs season ticket holder who sits in the visitors attack twice end and most opposing fans these days are a-holes and I have no desire to give the ones who come her most often any more reasons to be a-holes. I don't want Stastny's name on the Cup because I'm an irrational fan with a long memory who still holds a grudge for the way he left Sakic high and dry. That leaves Florida.
Mahewman
Season Ticket Holder
Boston Bruins
Location: NH
Joined: 07.01.2009

May 24 @ 12:13 PM ET
To be fair. There are clips of fans in Toronto chanting we want Boston as well.
Avsrchamps01
Joined: 06.27.2012

May 24 @ 12:14 PM ET
I like Bob. Not Matthew Tkatchuk
Alexzanki
Columbus Blue Jackets
Location: Montreal, QC
Joined: 06.03.2008

May 24 @ 12:22 PM ET
"We want Florida"

People need to understand this was not because Leafs fans thought Florida to be the easier route to the Final Four, but because we wanted to see the Bruins blow a 3 games to 1 lead and lose a series as such heavy favourites.

This was never about Florida, but about maximizing the pain for the Bruins (who has inflicted so much on the Leafs over the last 15 years).

- bullethead7





jmatchett383
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Newark, DE
Joined: 03.09.2010

May 24 @ 12:24 PM ET
I don't think I have ever been less interested in a potential final matchup.
- GalacticStone


It's on par with the Ligtning-Stars matchup.
jmatchett383
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Newark, DE
Joined: 03.09.2010

May 24 @ 12:24 PM ET
"We want Florida"

People need to understand this was not because Leafs fans thought Florida to be the easier route to the Final Four, but because we wanted to see the Bruins blow a 3 games to 1 lead and lose a series as such heavy favourites.

This was never about Florida, but about maximizing the pain for the Bruins (who has inflicted so much on the Leafs over the last 15 years).

- bullethead7


In other words, "We want someone to beat Boston for us because we can't do it ourselves!"
dothedougie
Boston Bruins
Location: DISCLAIMER: HEAVY SARCASM FILTER, CO
Joined: 10.24.2013

May 24 @ 12:26 PM ET
In other words, "We want someone to beat Boston for us because we can't do it ourselves!"
- jmatchett383




eichiefs9
New York Islanders
Location: NY
Joined: 11.03.2008

May 24 @ 12:30 PM ET
"We want Florida"

People need to understand this was not because Leafs fans thought Florida to be the easier route to the Final Four, but because we wanted to see the Bruins blow a 3 games to 1 lead and lose a series as such heavy favourites.

This was never about Florida, but about maximizing the pain for the Bruins (who has inflicted so much on the Leafs over the last 15 years).

- bullethead7




Don't do that. Just own it.
Ratsreign
Florida Panthers
Location: Mo can stay awhile, FL
Joined: 10.27.2017

May 24 @ 12:31 PM ET

Game 3 OT vs Leafs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeKiAEjQUA8
and The Rats rain

Panthers fans had some fun on the way to the exits
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sSf7kfKcX4c
dothedougie
Boston Bruins
Location: DISCLAIMER: HEAVY SARCASM FILTER, CO
Joined: 10.24.2013

May 24 @ 12:33 PM ET



Don't do that. Just own it.

- eichiefs9




Apparently the only thing they didnt want was the cup.
CupOnBroadSt.
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: PA
Joined: 07.23.2012

May 24 @ 12:35 PM ET
Flyers in 3

decades

- jmatchett383


The Flyers are 3 decades away, from being 3 decades away.
insomnia183
Vancouver Canucks
Location: BC
Joined: 06.16.2015

May 24 @ 12:46 PM ET
their underdog story was fun especially because it came against Boston. I think Marchand is so hated that you just have to like whoever sticks it to him - even if that guy is a Tkachuk. and I mean, who doesn't like watching people sink the Leafs? if Florida stays good for a while they will likely begin to be hated but because they haven't been a threat yet, they are easy to cheer for
Ratsreign
Florida Panthers
Location: Mo can stay awhile, FL
Joined: 10.27.2017

May 24 @ 1:12 PM ET



Don't do that. Just own it.

- eichiefs9


his report upon re-entry into the echo chamber

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