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CrazedStarFan901

They show November 1st on a Frday at 1 PM against the Stars and say Jason Robertson comes to town. That game is in Finland....


MilesDavis_Stan

They meant Barkov’s *hometown*


project305

Yeah I know they did a bad lol


CrazedStarFan901

Silly miss but fun to have an excuse of cup hangover


schafkj

They didn’t specify which town…


Emotional_Match8169

It's a home game for our 4 Finns.


AfterMarionberry5594

They're all from different towns, though.


gu3sticles

Maybe that game they actually will only have 6 fans in attendance lmao


Guy954

Barkov was already hugely popular in his hometown but now they have four Finns total. It’s gonna be packed.


HungLikeYourDad

Throw in a stars squad with Hintz Heiskanen Lindell


ImaginaryNourishment

I'm one of them


DecentLurker96

I guess Pitbull wasn’t available to be their 7th fan?


Motor-Ad-1153

Or Kodak Black


wikipuff

Or Arianna Grande


funkyb

What about Kevin Space-oh, nevermind.


acart005

We don't talk about Kevin anymore


sleepysnowboarder

But, We Need to Talk About Kevin


RustyRapeaXe

Or Bruno


Guy954

Nah, Bruno’s good now.


TokiMcNoodle

Mars? This is news to me


cgfoss

what would be the odds of her getting hit in the head with a puck for a third time?


Sad_Bolt

They ran out of “celebrity appearance” money


Emotional_Match8169

Actual Panther fans know exactly who all these people are. They are OUR local celebrities, the only one they missed was SuperFan.


kevski82

I heard he's giving it up this season. Glad they found discount Ric Flair I don't remember seeing him for a while


k0rvan

Flair is always there. Was in the ice when they won the trophy and in the parade.


kevski82

Didn't see him in the parade but I was probably to buzzing to care


Emotional_Match8169

Flair was on one of the busses. I barely recognized him because he was soaking wet!


Eltronado

He was on a F150 with the other fans


k0rvan

I swear I saw him somewhere in the broadcast in the parade. If you look for the video when Randy Moller congratulates Viola you can see him behind them.


alldawgsgoat2heaven

Wouldn't he get cold?


k0rvan

I hear the dude stuff his clothes with Benjamin's to keep warm.


aessae

I prefer this, it's much more fun for the fans to see The Guy who's at every game and does The Thing and everyone loves him instead of multi-millionaire pop star #715517


Emotional_Match8169

Exactly!


General_Shao

Yeah i thought that was the joke


background_action92

Doesn't make sense. They legit have one of the biggest celebrities ever in Ariana grande as a fan and other athletes and celebrities show up too(the Bosa Brothers, Koepka, Kodak, Kamaru Usman, Josh Gad, etc). You are just envious of the Florida aura


TheTimn

Idk if Kodak Black is allowed in the arena since his incident. 


background_action92

Hahaha definitely. Bro said he was dancing kompa with his girl but I think he was str8 up humping her


veganize-it

Does he actually watch hockey?


physics_fighter

Ariana Grande does


project305

Josh Gad, Ariana Grande, Kodak Black, Luther Campbell, Rick Ross, Egoraptor…we got some famous fans


JediMasterZao

lmfao it's hilarious that you listed exactly 6 of them


project305

It was unintentional I assure you


JediMasterZao

that's why it's hilarious ;)


dudius7

Shit, that means there's at least a dozen of them. There could really be dozens!


WrestleSocietyXShill

Egoraptor? No way, that's awesome. I always associate him vaguely with hockey because the night of the 2011 Vancouver Cup Riot I was hanging out drinking with friends and my one buddy showed the rest of us his "Halo Reach" video, which was pretty much the funniest thing we had ever seen. The reason I know it was the night of the Cup Riot is because we basically alternated between rewatching that video and a clip of a dude at the riot getting hit in the nuts with a flashbang grenade over and over again al night long. Ah, to be 18 again.


ViolinistMean199

All 6 of them


Christank1

Egoraptor? Arin Hanson's a Panthers fan?


project305

Yerp


Christank1

Well I'll be


Oibrigade

Aaaaaaand Kevin Spacey too


Papuchongo

I had the hoodie and fucking got rid of it when I found out he diddled minors


nerd44

He was there. Just too short. He’s behind a seat.


931634

okay but that's actually 9 ... the Florida public school system, ladies and gentlemen.,


Papuchongo

The other three aren’t actually fans. Duh


931634

florida does not recognize children as persons


icecreambandit7

Unless they’re a fetus


deadstraddl3

I wasn't tryna come here to be sad 😭


srcoffee

they don’t recognize women as people, that’s why they didn’t let them talk /s just in case


6thBornSOB

Heard DeSantis just got rid of the number 8 in public schools. When reached for quote he hissed “That’s 2nd hole is the devils playground!”


Hobbitsliketoparty

Surprised there wasn't a bible in all of their laps


fins831

You are closer to the Bible Belt in Tampa then we are down here 😂


noideawhatoput2

The more north you go down here the more south it gets


PSChris33

Jacksonville is the Florida of Florida


TheVog

And even closer to Clearwater...


tampapat54

Laughs in Pasco County


Mrsfoleyslittleboy

Drew Garabo used to have a bit on his show Must Pass Co all about the trashy Florida men news stories from Pasco. Good stuff


AFOEagle01

I respect the hustle but Ron Desantis grew up in Pinellas County


Guy954

Fuck Rhonda Santos. All my homies hate Rhonda Santos.


AFOEagle01

That’s something we can both agree on


CallMeFierce

Ronny Meatballs isn't a Bible thumper though. He's just a prick.


project305

He’s Opus Dei


Ckmccfl

*it hurt itself in confusion*


AlexShez

They're missing the teenage kid who the ESPN cameras found screaming "let's go" after every single goal in the Cup final.


lamaba

But they got fake Ric Flair, the most important fan.


project305

Sometimes I like to mess with people and say he’s discount Michael McDonald lol


AlexShez

Stylin' & profilin'


project305

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


Intelligent_Limit462

Also missed shirtless behind the bench kid.


whyamihereonreddit

Shirtless kid was there


JKthePolishGhost

Would have been better if they had the Stanley cup just in a seat somewhere.


TheSkeletones

I can only hope someday to thumb my nose at all the haters for the Wild until they start complaining about us laughing at their jokes. Anyone upset at this is guaranteed also someone who used the jokes and mad that they have no weight anymore.


NewPhoneNewSubs

The Wild are: - mediocre to a point where we can not make fun of their performance in any direction (beyond generic lack of cup jokes) - in a hockey region - in a hockey market - a lovely colour scheme - not culturally appropriating anything - not known to be covering up anything - not hugely popular outside of their market - not canonically dirty Like, what are we going to joke about? You're not giving us anything to work with. Name ends in not-'s'? You lost a team once a while ago when everyone was losing teams? Haha Koivu didn't retire a Wild? (See, your name makes that sentence sound more awkward than it does for most teams! gottem!) Now get back out there and either work on extending your playoff drought to two seasons (half your longest drought?) or ending your drought or whatever the fuck it is the Wild do.


Blazerprime

Nerd


09-24-11

TIL the Wild are true neutral in teams


Will335i

You mean like "can't get a drink in St. Louis....they don't have any cups" . IMHO it was a lame joke on the face of it but fell even more flat when you consider the 11 World Series, Superbowl win, and NBA championship.


CanadianODST2

Tbf none of those are cups are they?


ajrmusicman

Not with that attitude they're not.


leafer91

I am sure they could drink from a super bowl


yoursweetlord70

Turns out, the trophy isn't so super as a bowl


The_Comic_Collector

We even had an all stlouis world series once too


ILikeLiftingMachines

Or the one about pouring vodka, kahlua and cream onto the bar surface... White Russian without a cup...


Hattrick_Swayze2

I like it. Makes light of the jabs, and endears us to some of the fans.


alreddy-reddit

Well done


EmTeeEl

why is everyone shirtless (I thought the video was funny to be clear)


k0rvan

It's too hot in sfl.


cloudposts

Fuck you're all bitter. I thought it was great.


rickayyy

I agree. The acting is obviously bad but the idea is fucking great.


k0rvan

[Fake Ric Flair](https://www.instagram.com/steveelario?igsh=amlqMm9kMnZrbTd3) is a super cool dude. Always happy to say hi and take a picture.


Emotional_Match8169

The acting is bad because they aren't paid actors, these are well known fans that any Panthers regular would recognize in an instant. We're only missing SuperFan.


PasswordMustContain

alright we're getting into "beating a dead horse" territory


disco_enjoyer

yeah but how long did it take for panthers fans to hear "all 6 fans" before it was beating a dead horse?


NorweegianWood

Oilers fans really took this overused joke to a whole new level of overuse in the last few weeks of the playoffs though. It was becoming really cringey.


aMINIETlate

Ya’ll got 10+ years with the joke. Let em have a month with it…


NathanGa

> Ya’ll got 10+ years with the joke. And another 15 before that.


verysadfrosty

Yes, but somehow other fans seem to still make this joke all the time, so I'm not gonna complain about the Panthers doing it


Ciscodex

If i had a dollar every time someone made fun of how many fans the panthers have as well as "why is the camera angle like this at the panthers barn"... i'd have a nice savings going


eXAt88

Actually I thought your camera angle was a welcome respite from Dallas’


AcadiaFlyer

You don’t enjoy the camera angle behind five people’s heads?


SomethingElse521

I love the low camera angle in Florida's barn, it's like the anti San Jose, which I hate because I feel like I need binoculars even watching on TV


background_action92

Yeah but that's exactly how you wanna bury a lame joke about you, make it uncool to be used against you


AaronJudgesToothGap

Y’all have been beating that horse for 30 years. You better believe we aren’t letting you hear the end of it now that we actually won


SRSgoblin

This is the way


Guy954

You guys did it too 🤨


SRSgoblin

Correct, which is why this is the way.


YouSeemNiceXB

I'd be happy if this was the end of it. 


IranianSleepercell

Good. Maybe people will stop with the "no fans" comments every time their team loses to Florida.


PaleGutCK

Meh. People have beat the dead horse with the same insult against them. Do I find it funny? No, but I also an a bit of a stick in the mud.


Papuchongo

“Let me give you some advice, bastard. Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you.” - A little person with golden hair


CosmoJones07

If this is already beating a dead horse, what are the people who STILL MAKE the no fans jokes?


Guy954

Lol, it was repeated ad nauseum for the whole postseason and the parade but all of a sudden it’s beating a dead horse when we make fun of it? Ok buddy.


DamagedJustice

Taking a page out of the Canes PR notebook


EasyWasabi19

Carolina Hurricanes "Bunch of Jerks" level


shawnglade

It was funny at first, but it’s also strange to make this joke when the “six fans” joke started because they were bottom of the league in attendance and faces relocation rumors every year until like, 3 years ago


AaronJudgesToothGap

> 29 other fan bases won’t shut up about how the Panthers have no fans and should move to Quebec for 25 years > Panthers bring in an owner that actually wants to win, builds the fanbase up, and actually wins the cup > Panthers make fun of the other fan bases that were trying to chirp their own fans What part of that is strange? We had salty Edmonton fans talking about the nonexistent fanbase fewer than 48 hours ago despite fan turnout for the parade (in the middle of a thunderstorm) being higher than the population of the entire city of Ft Lauderdale


KaceyCats0714

Where was Panther man? 😞


fins831

Even as a fan I’ll admit this ad is cringe


Sad_Bolt

There’s nine there though not six


project305

Kinda hard to count when you got the massive nalgas of a big booty Latina in your face


Organic_Impact2744

Ok, but do you have more than six jokes?


SadYotesFan

Until people stop saying it, they will keep doing it It seems like they are beating a dead horse, but when you have been the blunt of jokes for decades, it probably feels really good to have your gotcha The Coyotes never got that to have that gotcha moment, and I will forever be sad about that


project305

Yeah but even a Cup (let alone a dynasty) is not a Get Out of Jail Free Card Remember when the Islanders relocation rumors were rampant when the Brooklyn move turned out to be disastrous? Remember when the Edmonton Oilers almost moved to Houston, but were saved in the zero hour by some comic book artist forgot his name?


DeuceBuggalo

Technically most of the EIG were Edmonton business people and Todd Macfarlane was a minority partner but you are correct he was involved


project305

That’s the guy, thank you


project305

Did you hear about the Oiler that won an award? He was outstanding in his field I’ll be here all week


Organic_Impact2744

McDavid still standing in his locker room


gimmer0074

is there a point where the leaning into it gets to be too much…


Stinduh

Ask the Hurricanes and Golden Knights


GadsenLOD

This isn't even close to approaching that yet. God almighty, let them have their fun they just won the cup a week ago.


Stinduh

I really don't think so either, I'm just pointing out that the answer is *definitely yes*


GadsenLOD

Sorry that wasn't even really directed at you, just the sentiment from anyone else implying it's near that


Stinduh

No worries, brother!


aMINIETlate

The point when it becomes no fun for everyone else to make the joke.. Been decades of hearing it said by every other fanbase and their mothers and somehow not a dead horse. Cats adopt it for like 2 weeks and all of the sudden its a dead horse


Emotional_Match8169

Not until other fanbases stop saying we have no fans. It's fair game until then.


sunshineeeeeeeeeeee_

Yes, but I mean, the comments about it haven’t stopped so I get why they would continue to lean into it.


pixel-queen

I mean the only real reason to lean into it is if it works as a marketing gimmick for their target audience - and clearly it still does or they wouldn't be doing it I guess


Emotional_Match8169

Exactly. these ads aren't to convince YOU to go to the games. It's for us, the fans of the actual team to laugh at and enjoy and encourage US to go.


gtrmanny

Maybe, but this isn't it. There's literally still posts just this past week with sour Oilers fans saying hockey doesn't belong in the South and Florida fans don't know hockey. Here's the thing about South Florida. Very few people are actually from here. There is a huge population of transplants from other states and other countries, including Canadians. It's hard to build a faithful fan base for any sport when the majority of the people have come here from elsewhere and have loyalties to other teams. I've been a Panthers fan since day one, but I'm sure there's plenty of people that joined in the past few years since the team started doing well. That's fine, let them come along for the ride. It helps the team when we can fill the arena and have less opposing fans at the games. Maybe one day the elitist original 6 team fans will get over themselves. They act like nobody can appreciate hockey unless their team has been around 100 years. Until then we can keep joking about our 6 fans.


project305

>there is a huge population of transplants 60% of the Greater Miami metro population don’t speak English as their first language. They’re either immigrants themselves or children of immigrants. Many don’t have the context of ice hockey from their birth countries and were introduced into the sport by the Panthers Many die hard Panthers fans son mi gente


gtrmanny

I was born here but my parents came from Cuba and followed baseball. I played baseball growing up and in high school, but I have always been into sports and would play pickup basketball and football with friends every weekend. I used to skate at Tropical South and Midway Skating centers back in the day, and when the Panthers came along I started following them immediately. My two sons grew up playing hockey and have been Panthers fans since they were old enough to watch. They are now grown and have their own kids and are still diehard fans. My family loves this team and it was amazing to watch them finally reach the Pinnacle of the sport. I could care less what any other fan base thinks. I've been playing and coaching hockey for almost 30 years now and I'd be willing to sit down with any fan of another team that thinks they know the game better than we do.


ohwowitsrambo

Oh you mean like how the fanbase had to hear about how we had 6 fans for the last 20+ years? You’re right!


knightrobot

If people are going to keep making the same joke then nope.


Guy954

This is literally the first one and y’all were repeating it literally yesterday.


pluralsight24

Classic Reddit comment. It hasn't even been a week yet


thehustlerbraveheart

Sure. But in 30 years. Because that’s about how long we’ve had to hear the shitty jokes and people downplaying how rabid the fanbase really is when they have ownership in place that actually gives a damn about winning and building a strong culture


Hobbitsliketoparty

> people downplaying how rabid the fanbase really I mean you guys had a lot of empty seats in some of your recent playoff runs. I think this season your fanbase has shown up very well, but the joke was based off reality.


project305

The nightclub seats are usually empty and the nightclub is in direct view of the hard cam; people in nightclub seats are in the club, not at their seats. We’ve talked about this like 10+ years ago when the nightclub opened


BellyButtonLindt

I was in Miami at a bar about eight years ago, there was a panthers rep working there, was offered lower bowl season tickets and it worked out to about $4 a game.


Emotional_Match8169

Yeah... EIGHT years ago. We know we had attendance issues in the past. It hasn't been that way in a long time. 2014-2015 was the worst year for the franchise with an abysmal 11k attendance average. We aren't denying that. Comparing 8 years ago to the last 3-4 years isn't a fair assessment.


BellyButtonLindt

I know I’m just trying to say where people are coming from and I think it’s more last year even in the playoffs you had attendance issues, so it’s a meme and people are gonna meme. I like them leaning into it for ad purposes, and people who are mad about it are too soft. It’s been an issue.


Emotional_Match8169

It's target audience is Panther fans and most will find it hilarious, so it works.


NorthEastofEden

So your argument is that the seats are empty because people are at the club rather than at the game. I guess we shouldn't look to two years ago when the Panthers had the sixth worst attendance in the league. It is easy to support a winning team but until they can show that they can consistently support a team that is average then there will still be doubts about the market


SuzukiSwift17

Yeah but we're not there yet. This is hilarious.


dragons_fire77

Yeah, I liked this one. Kids awkwardly trying to remember lines is also always funny too.


tampapat54

The same could be said for the chirps tbh It’s a 1:1 relationship lol


AaronJudgesToothGap

I’d reckon it’s near the same point where Edmonton, NY, Boston and Toronto fans stop making the same stupid joke in the first place


No_Cycle5101

Didn’t look like 6 fans at the parade


project305

It was more like 7, maybe 8 if you count me


H_E_DoubleHockeyStyx

Every time I see some one joking about florida having bad hockey fans it's so unfair because in reality they are actually even worse baseball and football fans.


internetlad

Y'all Panthers are making it real hard to keep hating Florida.


DeuceBuggalo

This is amazing hahaha Right up there with the Canes embracing the Buncha Jerks thing


canadianbroncos

This is turning into the Canes "bunch of jerks" level of cringe lol


McPorkums

Rick Flair seems cool as hell these days


crap4you

If I was one of six, I probably would want my own section.


PAUMiklo

LOL ton of green with envy keyboard warriors lately.


Sargentrock

Okay that's fucking hilarious. Nothing like a solid 'lean into it'.


tamere2k

Well done here.


momentumlost

The use of Reel Big Fish - Sell Out as the background music is amazing.


clearyvermont

Fucking hate the panthers but that was pretty good.


Chaxterium

Can some remind me of the genesis of this “all 6 fans” thing?


bkfountain

People shitting on a southern team saying they have no fanbase.


Emotional_Match8169

People constantly harping on the team and fanbase for having no fans. Some sports writer or play by play guy once said he only had 6 fans.


kevski82

Look in the comments of any Florida Panthers social media post


jackflash53

Glad they got the Ric Flair STH to be in it, my personal favorite running joke at the arena, but surprised they didn't get the fan with the cape 🤔


k0rvan

[Super cool dude.](https://www.instagram.com/steveelario?igsh=amlqMm9kMnZrbTd3)


Maj0r_Ursa

Lmao that’s great


icantbelievudonethis

Still louder than all the leafs fans in suits


TheNation55

What a terrible slogan to commit your entire franchise to.


ViceCatsFan

Yes, this is leaning a bit into it too much. That said the jokes have been coming at us for 20+ years now. Y'all been beating this rotting corpse of a horse for much longer than we have.


Sad_Bolt

If we’re being fair up until til last years run you didn’t have a lot of fans, at least at the games. It’s not hard to find evidence that your fans only show when the team is good/playoffs, that’s kinda what south Florida fans are known for.


hagopes

why do I feel like I've waddled into the 90s


DarkAgeMonks

RemindMe! 5 years


Dame2Miami

https://i.redd.it/9f4jey5b45ad1.gif The South remembers


thehustlerbraveheart

I just thought I finally got over the fact that he’s gone. God damnit


Dame2Miami

Don’t be sad he’s gone. Be happy he was here.


project305

Gonna miss you Lomberghini 😥


FlabbyTabby1993

We’ll treat him well


tacopeepee69

I can’t stand the shirtless kid, am I alone?


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