As a die hard Cats fan, I've never seen as many babies as I have in these comments. Thanks for the laughs. This awful, boring team handled you. They won the cup while under the cap. They beat the best player in Hockey. We didn't boo McDavid - most of us yelled Bob - but even so, we know McDavid earned it. Great for him. We have the Cup. We have had some of the best turnout in terms of attendance and season ticket sales over the past 24 months.
Just get over it. Cats were the better team this year. I wish you all the best next year. Just quit crying, it's bad for the sport and it makes you all look like whiny babies when I know that's not the case. Your a passionate bunch. You take pride in your team and the game. Act like it.
I for one am hoping for a DeSantis in white boots sighting at the parade
(Regardless of political affiliation ya gotta admit it’s a ridiculously funny look!)
You gotta say that goaltending makes a difference, edmonton is built much differently. So weird to lose a game 7 on that 2nd goal, glove side, wasnt really screened or deflected. Would of been a can of corn for Shesterkin
What? Did you watch our series? We lost not because “goaltending makes a difference”, but because we couldn’t score. We lost game 6, 2-1 just like the Oilers finals. Most of our losses were cause we couldn’t score. Igor WAS a wall. You just can’t stop 50+ shots and expect to win with a goal or 2.
Only problem with that is he had a .945 save percentage in game 5 and 6 and faced way more shots 🤯 his one meh game was when he gave up 4 and the rangers still won
I'm not arguing. It was crazy how a couple flukey shots that are normally saved led to losses this season. Game 1, One time during regular season. Besides that Igor was lights out.
The players and coaches deserved that trophy however that joke of a fan base does not. None of those people in the stands will be bothered to leave the beach for a cup parade and they’ll be back to playing in front of 1000 people in a couple of years.
Honestly just pissed that they booed McDavid winning that trophy. Sure, Bobrovsky was an incredible goalie, but McDavid was a phenomenal player throughout the entire playoffs. Definitely the MVP. I’ll go to the wall saying the Panthers earned the cup, but a lot of their fanbase seems awful.
He’s a hockey player lol of course he’ll be fine. I’m not worried about that. Booing him was just a sign of awful sportsmanship from the Panthers’ fanbase.
Well 87 percent of panthers fans if I’m being generous prob don’t even know how dominant and what kind of stats McDavid put up through out . I even had one panthers fan if you can call him that say “McDavid isn’t that good “ lol
I hope Panarin gets some fire deep down watching his buddy Bob lift the cup. Trocheck too watching his old squad.
Be that team that learns from the loss and finally breaks through like Tampa, Colorado, Vegas, Florida, etc…
What I hate is that it’s going to continue to be tough as hell to beat the Canes in the second round AND THEN play whoever comes out of the Atlantic.
Theres a growing narrative that the Atlantic is all powerful, but I actually think what happens is the Metro wears each other down before leaving the division.
I really do not get why Panarin gets lumped into this
but I will say that my preference is to move on from Mika and Trouba...well, definitely Trouba because he is too much of an anchor for our back line...already made a (fortunate) move with Goodrow so we'll what happens next
Have you watched him play in the playoffs? He’ll be along the boards with the puck, get some pressure on him and will shuffle it away as fast as possible. Then immediately after doing so will jump back a foot or two because he’s afraid of the guy finishing his check
have indeed watched him and understand some of the physicality, especially with Florida's physical forecheck, can be an issue at times...but that line in general was still fine (outstanding in the regular season and he himself was great) and he was doing mostly fine through the first two rounds...there were other issues against Florida, including not having Fox healthy and puck moving defenseman, that kind of screwed us
first line, Trouba/Gus...there were problems that outweighed Panarin to me...do we need him to step up in that spot in the future? no question
He absolutely loses his edge 5v5 in the playoffs. Most of his points were a product of the powerplay or laffy and trocheck playing unbelievable to get the puck in the net. He plays uninspired when there’s too much pressure on him.
What!?! I saw it on ESPN+ Espanol. They showed the trophy presentation, cup lift, speeches, etc. I just got a new firestick and somehow my ESPN defaulted to the Spanish broadcast option. Hockey has to be one game where it doesn’t matter what language you watch it in. Hehehe
Cats fans being pricks again and chanting some bullshit chant against mcdavid. They wonder why they’re the most hated fanbase in the league and do shit like that. Appreciate a good player for once pussy cat fans
Well... I guess it flipped vice versa... Unfortunately, even we couldn't avenge you guys from the rats. Now us Oilers fans are going to cheer you on for when you go against the Panthers in upcoming seasons!! GO RANGERS!!!!!
I really hate hockey. Love the Rangers, hate hockey. Florida teams win 3 of the last 5 years. Fucking ridiculous. See ya in September folks, start the torture all over again from the beginning.
Shouldn’t be. He had the 3rd highest points in playoffs, ever. Broke the assist record and oilers wouldn’t get out that first round without. Plus he got to a game 7. Lebron would’ve won that award against warriors in 2015 had he got to a game 7 and lost. He lost in 6 and tired out playing 45 minutes a game. Led the series in everything. This is whole playoffs and he got it to 7 after being down 3-0. First back to back 4 point games in Stanley cup history? Fact scoring is way down from Gretzkys time. Lebron and MJ, interchangeable same for Gretzky McDavid. Just talent alone, no team success included
He never took the trophy though, in front of the fans that is. Much respect for that. Stay with your team in the locker room after a devastating loss. Honestly, they had way more scoring chances and open nets, the puck luck wasn’t there. Could’ve easily been 2-1, 3-2 the other way. What a game, what a series
I meant ‘taking’ in the metaphorical sense i.e., winning. But yes absolutely- you’re not much of an athlete if you don’t stay with your team after a loss like that.
After the game one of the people I was watching with got up and yelled “anywhere that can’t produce ice naturally shouldn’t have a fucking hockey team” then left. I haven’t agreed with anybody more in my life
You can say what you want about the Panthers. They have been the toughest team all season. We lost the cup champs. If there is something to look at it’s that. Difference between our teams really is there team got way more stacked at the deadline, ours didn’t. We blew our load last year and it fucked us good. I am honestly just not a big fan of drury. I know a lot of you guys like him and think he’s the next coming of Jesus but I think when push comes to shove he doesn’t make the right moves.
Anyways draft is Friday. Let’s get another steal like Gabe, loving that kid.
See you all at training camp.
I feel like Billy Beane at the beginning of *Moneyball* when he’s turning the tv on and off to hear the cheers. We lost to the champs but it doesn’t really make it easier. On to October…
the Celtics one was just inevitable because everybody got hurt in the Eastern Conference, including in our backyard...it should have been tough, but turned into a cakewalk for that reason...they did not even need KP because of it, which was a joke lol
but the hockey one hurts...Florida deserved it, but def took the Rangers loss hard...it sucks, but I hope they, especially Igor (avenging Hank in the process), get their time soon
Just can’t have anything can we boys. As sick as it is I really wanted to see that kid always flexing behind the opposing bench in tears. I’m not proud of it.
I definitely wouldn’t call it clean, they danced around the line quite a bit. I guess it’s playoff hockey iq in a way to know how to get away with things.
Still upset so give me my downvotes but show me the 30 for 30 on colin campbell rigging the playoffs already. Full on Houston Astros level scandal. Not enough for the league to have the balls to actually rectify it but for the fans, we know..
i compare them to people who go to concerts only to see the opening band. its like yea, i guess you're here, thats cool and all but could you not be cringe?
Panthers defense smothered them majority of the game, oilers looked exhausted final 2 mins. Kudos to McJesus, guy basically played the entire 3rd period lmao
Well, that's officially the end of the 2023-24 season. See you guys at the draft in a few days. ✌️
As a die hard Cats fan, I've never seen as many babies as I have in these comments. Thanks for the laughs. This awful, boring team handled you. They won the cup while under the cap. They beat the best player in Hockey. We didn't boo McDavid - most of us yelled Bob - but even so, we know McDavid earned it. Great for him. We have the Cup. We have had some of the best turnout in terms of attendance and season ticket sales over the past 24 months. Just get over it. Cats were the better team this year. I wish you all the best next year. Just quit crying, it's bad for the sport and it makes you all look like whiny babies when I know that's not the case. Your a passionate bunch. You take pride in your team and the game. Act like it.
On a positive rangers lost to the best team .
I've never understood how this is positive. It reduces to "well, nothing we could have done anyway" which seems profoundly defeatist.
I for one am hoping for a DeSantis in white boots sighting at the parade (Regardless of political affiliation ya gotta admit it’s a ridiculously funny look!)
they still live in fla
Almost get reverse swept, fans have no passion, opposing player wins Conn Smythe. Most forgettable cup win of all time
But the banner will hang forever
boring game for the most part, too
What’s the cats record with O’Rourke as a ref? 16-0-1 in last 17. 6-1 this post. Oilers 1-6. Guy needs to be investigated.
You gotta say that goaltending makes a difference, edmonton is built much differently. So weird to lose a game 7 on that 2nd goal, glove side, wasnt really screened or deflected. Would of been a can of corn for Shesterkin
What? Did you watch our series? We lost not because “goaltending makes a difference”, but because we couldn’t score. We lost game 6, 2-1 just like the Oilers finals. Most of our losses were cause we couldn’t score. Igor WAS a wall. You just can’t stop 50+ shots and expect to win with a goal or 2.
Yet we've seen Shesty give up a couple softies like that against FLA this season.
Only problem with that is he had a .945 save percentage in game 5 and 6 and faced way more shots 🤯 his one meh game was when he gave up 4 and the rangers still won
I'm not arguing. It was crazy how a couple flukey shots that are normally saved led to losses this season. Game 1, One time during regular season. Besides that Igor was lights out.
I couldn’t even tell the Panthers won. I swear they had more energy when they beat the Rangers to make it to the Cup finals. And the booing?
Well, that sucks. I was hoping the Oilers would win. See you in October, folks. LGR!
Every day I wake up in Florida i want to drive my car off a bridge 😎🥳
I was in Florida couple of weeks ago. Basically drove The whole. Man I'm sorry but some of the worst drivers I've seen are there.
McDavid is a true hero. Wanted it for him more than anything else.
The players and coaches deserved that trophy however that joke of a fan base does not. None of those people in the stands will be bothered to leave the beach for a cup parade and they’ll be back to playing in front of 1000 people in a couple of years.
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I wanted to laugh at a reverse sweep so badly. Fun game to watch but so anticlimactic
As soon as I saw O’Rourke was reffing I threw stupid money on the cats to win. It’s pre determined with him.
Honestly just pissed that they booed McDavid winning that trophy. Sure, Bobrovsky was an incredible goalie, but McDavid was a phenomenal player throughout the entire playoffs. Definitely the MVP. I’ll go to the wall saying the Panthers earned the cup, but a lot of their fanbase seems awful.
He's gonna be fine being booed isn't the end of the world, what's up with being such whinny fans?
He’s a hockey player lol of course he’ll be fine. I’m not worried about that. Booing him was just a sign of awful sportsmanship from the Panthers’ fanbase.
No it isn't, it's just a lil anger from them because bob or barkov didn't get the Conn Smythe, not everything is as deep as you think
Well 87 percent of panthers fans if I’m being generous prob don’t even know how dominant and what kind of stats McDavid put up through out . I even had one panthers fan if you can call him that say “McDavid isn’t that good “ lol
Half of the people there probably thought Conn Smythe played for the Panthers that night
That looked like one of the Rangers' games.
This montage to close out the playoffs and Chain theme is genuinely great. Some good moments here for us even if it ended in heartbreak.
Tro’s face after scoring in the 2OT game was a great addition. Literally accidental renaissance.
Lmao this outro they showed the canes crying kid again, leave the damn kid alone jeez
Savage edit. Genuinely lol’ed when they showed that poor kid
Crazy lol
I hope Panarin gets some fire deep down watching his buddy Bob lift the cup. Trocheck too watching his old squad. Be that team that learns from the loss and finally breaks through like Tampa, Colorado, Vegas, Florida, etc…
What I hate is that it’s going to continue to be tough as hell to beat the Canes in the second round AND THEN play whoever comes out of the Atlantic. Theres a growing narrative that the Atlantic is all powerful, but I actually think what happens is the Metro wears each other down before leaving the division.
The canes are gutted after this year. Their window was slammed shut.
Downvote. Call me fair weather. Do whatever. It’s hard to see the Rangers getting here being saddled with Mika, Panarin and Trouba for multiple years
I really do not get why Panarin gets lumped into this but I will say that my preference is to move on from Mika and Trouba...well, definitely Trouba because he is too much of an anchor for our back line...already made a (fortunate) move with Goodrow so we'll what happens next
Have you watched him play in the playoffs? He’ll be along the boards with the puck, get some pressure on him and will shuffle it away as fast as possible. Then immediately after doing so will jump back a foot or two because he’s afraid of the guy finishing his check
have indeed watched him and understand some of the physicality, especially with Florida's physical forecheck, can be an issue at times...but that line in general was still fine (outstanding in the regular season and he himself was great) and he was doing mostly fine through the first two rounds...there were other issues against Florida, including not having Fox healthy and puck moving defenseman, that kind of screwed us first line, Trouba/Gus...there were problems that outweighed Panarin to me...do we need him to step up in that spot in the future? no question
He was doing fine picking up a goal here and there but was not driving play like a superstar of his caliber should.
He absolutely loses his edge 5v5 in the playoffs. Most of his points were a product of the powerplay or laffy and trocheck playing unbelievable to get the puck in the net. He plays uninspired when there’s too much pressure on him.
Oh yeah. We would have gotten crushed by the Oilers as well. Dallas too probably..
Take Mcdavid out of Edmonton I’m not even sure they make the playoffs. He carried this team all this way.
Your grandma's a bike.
I got that
Best player of all time will do that to a team
Not necessarily. The Oilers won the Cup in 1990 without Gretzky. How many Cups did he win with the Kings?
Will I get flipped off tomorrow with my NYR front plate tomorrow in South Florida? Probably
Did you see the end of the game? The lack of enthusiasm or even tears of joy had me almost snapping my remote in half. —-They won’t even notice.
Like I told my husband, there’s a reason they didn’t show any watch parties of fans like they usually do… there wasn’t any
Facts! I’m in SW Florida. I could probably wear my Rangers shirt out ALL day today and absolutely no one would notice! BIZARRE!!
There's still more Rangers fans down there than Panthers fans.
1000%
I dont think ive ever seen a fanbase less passionate about winning a championship
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Scumbag team for certain.
Rangers need to beat the shit out of the Panthers next season. All the way from Florida to Carolina and wherever those pesky cats are
Literally can't think of a more boring team to win it
The Devils were pretty fucking boring.
It pains me to know that Matthew tkachuk has lifted more cups than king hank
EMILY WATCH OUT, THE MOUTH WILL CONSUME YOU
Lol Marc Staal getting a shout-out from Maurice, jfc
Honestly this may be my least favourite hockey game I’ve ever watched
Mamba number five during the cup celebration lol.
Fuck Lomberg
Tarasenko didn't hand the cup to Mikkola, that means we had shitty chemistry last year right? /s
Fuck both Tkachuks, but Brady being so happy about Matthew winning the cup is pretty wholesome
Good thing Dan O’Rourke was in. He’s the real Florida MVP.
16-0-1 in the last 17 with him for Florida.
Have we checked if this guy is somehow on the Draft Kings payroll?
It’s egregious how he was given game 7. As soon as I saw I bet the cats. Insane
While the situation sucks overall, I at least hope your payout was good and at least partially redeemed the night haha
Look at what you did Bill Pidto /s
That hat is awful. Fanatics can’t do better than an iron on square patch.
One day man, one day.
Jesus Christ they even missed the Cup lift. ESPN never ceases to amaze lol
What!?! I saw it on ESPN+ Espanol. They showed the trophy presentation, cup lift, speeches, etc. I just got a new firestick and somehow my ESPN defaulted to the Spanish broadcast option. Hockey has to be one game where it doesn’t matter what language you watch it in. Hehehe
Bettman looks cold, all that shivering.
WTF happened? Sound cut off, did McDavid accept the trophy?
Cats fans being pricks again and chanting some bullshit chant against mcdavid. They wonder why they’re the most hated fanbase in the league and do shit like that. Appreciate a good player for once pussy cat fans
Well... I guess it flipped vice versa... Unfortunately, even we couldn't avenge you guys from the rats. Now us Oilers fans are going to cheer you on for when you go against the Panthers in upcoming seasons!! GO RANGERS!!!!!
They aren't the most hated fanbase. And I'm a Rangers fan. I dislike plenty of fanbases more. I would have been annoyed if Bob didn't win it either.
I think the crowd was chanting something rude
I don't blame them. Bob deserved it.
It sounded like they were chanting for Bob which is expected and honestly kinda weird they muted it
I really hate hockey. Love the Rangers, hate hockey. Florida teams win 3 of the last 5 years. Fucking ridiculous. See ya in September folks, start the torture all over again from the beginning.
McDavid taking the Conn Smythe is funny as hell to me
Shouldn’t be. He had the 3rd highest points in playoffs, ever. Broke the assist record and oilers wouldn’t get out that first round without. Plus he got to a game 7. Lebron would’ve won that award against warriors in 2015 had he got to a game 7 and lost. He lost in 6 and tired out playing 45 minutes a game. Led the series in everything. This is whole playoffs and he got it to 7 after being down 3-0. First back to back 4 point games in Stanley cup history? Fact scoring is way down from Gretzkys time. Lebron and MJ, interchangeable same for Gretzky McDavid. Just talent alone, no team success included
I did not mean this as a dig at McDavid. I absolutely think he deserved it. Just thought it was funny how riled up the Florida fans got over it.
He never took the trophy though, in front of the fans that is. Much respect for that. Stay with your team in the locker room after a devastating loss. Honestly, they had way more scoring chances and open nets, the puck luck wasn’t there. Could’ve easily been 2-1, 3-2 the other way. What a game, what a series
I meant ‘taking’ in the metaphorical sense i.e., winning. But yes absolutely- you’re not much of an athlete if you don’t stay with your team after a loss like that.
Totally. I also think if Mcdavid was on rangers instead of Panarin (and I love Panarin) they probably beat Florida and win the cup
Thats cus everyone on the Panthers is a fuckin chode
God damn it. Really wanted to see McDavid sit all those fucks down. Even if for a few mins.
Oilers fans taking some of the most disappointing sports photos.
Did they cut the noise? And did anyone tell McDavid he won the Conn Smyth?
Pain
Wow they did it
I honestly think it was a dumb move and lame. I get it but still.
Just change it to a player on the winning team
He was basically valuable for 2 games the entire series and had an amazing post season but wasn't most valuable to win a cup. Its extremely off.
Cool. I will remember this feeling for when they inevitably win again next year. Hoorayyy.
That team isn’t staying together. Gunna be like the caps after their cup.
Fuck Florida
I mean, agreed, but you tell me who stops that team lol
Bill Zito when he's gotta obliterate his team b/c cap ceiling go brr
The cup needs to come back up north. 3 of the last 4 going to warm weather teams is sad for the culture.
After the game one of the people I was watching with got up and yelled “anywhere that can’t produce ice naturally shouldn’t have a fucking hockey team” then left. I haven’t agreed with anybody more in my life
Congratulations Bettman! You did it! Another warm weather cup !
You can say what you want about the Panthers. They have been the toughest team all season. We lost the cup champs. If there is something to look at it’s that. Difference between our teams really is there team got way more stacked at the deadline, ours didn’t. We blew our load last year and it fucked us good. I am honestly just not a big fan of drury. I know a lot of you guys like him and think he’s the next coming of Jesus but I think when push comes to shove he doesn’t make the right moves. Anyways draft is Friday. Let’s get another steal like Gabe, loving that kid. See you all at training camp.
I keep thinking of how much better the Rangers/Stars final would’ve been.
Cup never coming back to Canada lmao
I feel like Billy Beane at the beginning of *Moneyball* when he’s turning the tv on and off to hear the cheers. We lost to the champs but it doesn’t really make it easier. On to October…
Would have been nice to see both teams lose.. oh well maybe next year
sooooooo, when does next season start?
Didn't want the Cs to win, didn't want the Panthers to win. Why has this year been so cruel...
the Celtics one was just inevitable because everybody got hurt in the Eastern Conference, including in our backyard...it should have been tough, but turned into a cakewalk for that reason...they did not even need KP because of it, which was a joke lol but the hockey one hurts...Florida deserved it, but def took the Rangers loss hard...it sucks, but I hope they, especially Igor (avenging Hank in the process), get their time soon
Just can’t have anything can we boys. As sick as it is I really wanted to see that kid always flexing behind the opposing bench in tears. I’m not proud of it.
God dammit, they were so close. Welp, see y'all next year.
I only caught like 60% of the game. Did Edmonton go on the Power Play at all?
ye, and they were dominating one for a good minute + a panthers player broke his stick. couldn't get it done.
Yea, once.
I find it hard to believe Florida played that clean of a game 7 but kudos to them if they did.
I definitely wouldn’t call it clean, they danced around the line quite a bit. I guess it’s playoff hockey iq in a way to know how to get away with things.
Congratulations to the panthers for narrowly avoiding a historic collapse
I wish someone would punch this tkachuk aholes face in. Grrrrrr
Well, Fuck Corey Perry
Looking on the bright side
I can at least take some solace in that. Fuck Corey Perry.
Hope Draisital is getting the Zib treatment from Oilers fans, dude did next to nothing that series
What’s that? Having excuses made for him for never performing
It's because I watched.
i'm surprised the panthers haven't elbowed or balls tapped the oilers in the line
And the hockey world collectively yawns
Sean McDonough can go F off now. I really can’t stand that ESPN has the Finals.
The sad part is you can tell they did no research at all into what was working well at NBC. Just complete dogshit coverage
Sincerely hope he never calls a hockey game again
Defense wins championships.
Still upset so give me my downvotes but show me the 30 for 30 on colin campbell rigging the playoffs already. Full on Houston Astros level scandal. Not enough for the league to have the balls to actually rectify it but for the fans, we know..
someone should tell brady to come to ny so he could be a champion too lol
Rangers should have fucking done it this year. Idgaf. Just pissed.
Florida def deserved to win that game though. Oilers just didnt have it the entire time
florida did a really good job of clogging the slot. oilers just could not get anything on net
Florida went back to being Florida. Plus they expended a ton of energy to get to game 7.
their 2nd period was insane, idk how they didn't score on those chances
That home crowd is fucking lame. Place should of exploded. Definitely no Garden.
i compare them to people who go to concerts only to see the opening band. its like yea, i guess you're here, thats cool and all but could you not be cringe?
Mourning foolio
This town will forget about this tomorrow.
Miami could not give any less of a fuck about hockey
Happy for the guys though. Downvotes?? Not cool man. Be adults.
Christ Keith Tkachuk got FAT
fuck the panthers. cup needs to get back to an original 6 team or canada.
Now that Lombergs name is engraved on it who fucking wants that cup anyway
once the name is engraved on there, the cup magically turns a brown shit color
I call dibs for us
Panthers defense smothered them majority of the game, oilers looked exhausted final 2 mins. Kudos to McJesus, guy basically played the entire 3rd period lmao
Panthers dove their way to a Stanley cup. Impressive
Really wish the rangers could be the big bad bully team for once
Can the Florida Panthers play a more boring brand of hockey? Holy shit. McDavid needs to get his ass over here so we can smoke these clowns.
Reminds me of those Devils rings back in the day. Just utter garbage hockey.
There is no god
Whatever. Hope the few fans they have enjoy it. That place will always be MSG South
That’s unfortunate 😞
very
Well. Congrats to FL, now off to buy meth and pay with a smuggled exotic animal for their fans.
Good now we can never hear about them ever again. Just like the caps
Fine with it
yikes
McDavid is big F fraud
That’s reality for you. The bad guys get to win.
They need to start calling that a penalty.. just holding the puck against the boards.. weak
Agreed
How about calling the blatant high stick to Hyman in front of the open net
I was expecting a whistle at some point.
Garbage organization
Damn can’t fault the Oilers there they threw everything at them that last 10 mins.
Darn.
Classic cheese to end the game
Couldn’t have happened to a greasier team
[Yayyyyy](https://youtu.be/xn7JuZ0TmjU?si=6E-yJEE9Y_iBdF79)
Wanted the memes from Panthers blowing it :(
The crying breaks my fucking heart.
Booooooooo
Why send the puck down into the corner where they can pin it?
Gassed. Should have tried to skate it up once they established control
The gas tank was empty.
Should’ve rested McD when there was a few min left to keep him fresh for the extra attacker