Florida Panthers Winger Matthew Tkachuk joins The Pat McAfee Show to discuss:
0:00 Diversity in the lockerroom
2:30 Eastern Conference Finals mindset
4:00 Playing at MSG
8:00 Hockey in Florida
10:30 Storytime!
14:35 Practicing during playoffs
17:00 Taking the series over Boston
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48 Comments
Time for repeat of eastern conference champs, let’s go chucky and panthers!
Rangers fans, don’t watch this interview. You might actually start to like the guy and that’s just simply unacceptable for the next 2 weeks.
It's been THIRTY years since a Canadian team won the cup, hockey is already an American sport
Watch our for Matt Rempe and the rampaging NY RANGERS!!!
Look at Matthew, pretending he's not a dual American/Canadian citizen.
Hopefully he stays healthy for the Cats!
If Oilers don’t win, I would like to see Florida win their first cup….there’s a lot of players on the Panthers that are great playoff players and I love that
McAfee is so annoying. Dude doesn’t care about hockey at all during the season and then just jumps on whatever bandwagon he can during the playoffs.
I’m rooting for him and the panthers
I know Pat and the crew have done a great job promoting hockey but c'mon how are you gonna weigh out the NHL Playoffs and the Indy 500?
Florida is already a “Hockey Town”, you can thank the Tampa Bay Lightning for that one.
Rempe coming for Chuck the schmuck and the rat sam bennett
Vinnie Viola and Bill Zito deserve a lot of credit for making this Panthers team what it is today. Go Panthers!!!!
One thing is a forcertain is The Coward will turtle after setting the hook !
I think they got a punchers chance #SamBennett
We call it Gunrise
954!!!!!!
Represent!
Broward county!!!😊
Kodak Black – Lemme See
His brother is better.
As a rangers fan I fucking love this guy. I’ll hate him til the round ends
I just love when this guy gets hit😊
Let’s go rangers!
Every hockey video I say this, please keep up the hockey content! Growing the game more than the NHL
as a ranger fan AND former goalie, im excited to see Igor v Bob though i think Igor comes out on top, barely – here are some thoughts and my prediction/reason
Re: Igor…his #s since the all star game/playoffs are insane and he got a LOT more reg season rest than Bob with Quick playing like 1/3 games…
im biased but say Rangers win in 7 ONLY cuz we get game 7 at home and Igor > Bob by a TINY margin – also they have WAY worse PP/PK vs the Canes so that could be HUGE – The Rangers PP is at 31.4% rn, FLA's PK so far is 22.1% (and our PK is killing it too and has what THREE Shorthanders in 10 games?! Causin them to be even more cautious on the PP – we have to exploit that…
also they seem a lil top heavy offensivel where the rangers are getting scoring from all over without having to tire anyone out the ONLY concern i have is Fox hiding an injury, hasnt looked the same since that knee injury a few games back, hopefully he can play thtough it but whenever it all ends i KNOW we'll find out the real deal of whats goin on w him but that does take away a LOT from the potency of our PP when he's the # QB for the PP….buuuutwe just got Chytil and now Wheeler back so i cant even guess round one lineup but i home Rempe's there just to set a physical tone etc
Ranger in 5
Grew up in sunrise it’s changed a lot over the years, proud of the panthers they’ve come along way
I've heard that humidity is a big factor to having good ice, not just hot temperatures.
Why does this dude get so much attention? He’s not even the best player on his team lol
you didn't bring it up that chuckie punched pasta while he was on the ice the linesmen had a hold of them both. He'll get whats coming to him
By far my favorite player. Complete hockey player. I’m from Detroit and of course love the Wings but damn the Cats are close. Go Panthers!
It’ll never be americas game buddy
It’ll never be americas game buddy
Go Panthers, Matthew is an awesome player. Keep it up, Panthers. It'll be a tough series, but this is the Panthers year
Elbo Room has been a landmark since the 1940s, good old Fort Lauderdale (spring break Heaven)!
Pat is kinda unbearable sometimes
STL represent baby! Blues messed up by not doing whatever it took to get him. If they dont get Brady, it'll be blasphemy. One of the Tkachuk boys deserves to play in their hometown where there dad is a legend (and a scout)…and theyre both best friends with Robert Thomas. Could you imagine playing the rest of your career in your hometown, hockey bed city with your best friend as your center???
The league had the Panthers winning the whole time, it wasn't obvious…..NHL has convinced me for sure that sports is only entertainment and not to be taken seriously.
WNBA is more of interesting then A bunch of hockey players afraid to play in a big market and love to pay zero tax and kill the ratings in the NHL. No interest in this series for the rest of the playoffs. Hockey's way too long they need to do something
Lead the entire league in diff but ok
In 2000, in the second round of the playoffs, the New Jersey Devils played against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Maple Leafs and the Devils were tough. Despite the Devils went through that challenge, the Devils still beat the Maple Leafs in 6 games. So the Florida Panthers can do the same. That’s not the only time it happened.
I’d like to see them ask Bennett the handshake line question
Rooting for him and the panthers, redemption year for them
ESPN fucking up the graphic on this is classic. Absolute Bums
The name "Tkachuk" will NEVER pollute the Stanley Cup.
No disrespect to the Panther Nation but Sunrise and the greater Miami area is becoming a hockey market but not one yet. But that is not necessarily a bad thing. The current Panthers are playing with house money. No hyperventilating local media or overly cranky fan base expecting deep runs yearly. I'm betting all the Panthers players can go to the beach and go largely unnoticed and enjoy life unmolested. Bob signed for 10 mil per and nobody down in Sunrise really cared. Miami is a Heat town. Always will be. Yeah, the Panthers are good but the weather is nice and the fishing is good. I'm rooting for the Panthers so the Cup comes back home to Florida. I watched game one last night while in my pool. I remember when Florida got the Panthers and lightning franchises. Turns out hockey in Florida wasn't such a bad idea after all.
Does Pat think Mathew is Canadian?😂😂😂OMG