This just seems like a case of men versus boys in this series.
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Why are they even playing this series is my question. Now we know the real reason Mikko didn’t want to be in Carolina for more than a few games.
Well, the cup final is gonna be fireworks, I don’t see Dallas beating Edmonton, and Edmonton is the one team left that has the speed to counter what Florida does, and Edmonton is also playing very physical right now as well. It’ll be a slug fest
Dont read too much into this series. Carolina doesn't belong in the ECF, this the the worst team in years to be in the ECF. The Metro is terrible
In 2025 FL record vs Edmonton or Dallas is pretty good
But I bet FL would still want to play vs Edmonton if they had a say.
Dallas has more upside specially with Rantanen. Edmonton just rides and dies with McDavid and Leon. Quite predictable.
I hate the reality that Florida is going to win another cup. But everything else is so fucked up in the world right now, might as well have a destiny Florida championship hockey team 😂
Florida is now the hockey capital with 6 of last SC finals being a florida team
Credit to Florida, but i think some of the hate being thrown at the canes is unfair. I'm extremely disappointed in their play, and big changes are needed, but it's a but ridiculous calling the canes frauds and the like. If toronto had won. You're most likely talking about the canes taking it to next level and making the cup finals. Florida is just a bad match up and it's clear 2023 still haunts them.
The Carolina Maple leafs
I think Toronto played better than this team did
The Panthers are scary and mighty but I can't help thinking that they look scarier than they are because they played against weaker opponents in their brackets. They look amazing because the Canes are also not great. Anyone else? I think Las Vegas or Winnipeg would have been a better opponent for Florida in terms of strength comparison.
Rod is going to wear out his welcome in Carolina really soon. 15 straight conference loses? Wow tough to hear that. Kinda glad vgk don't have to play Panthers this year. Savor our cup win over them.
i dont know if florida is really that good or if carolina are just pretenders.
With 1-8 playoff seeding we would have got this matchup in the first round instead.
colorado went 16-4 just a few years ago including a sweep of the oilers in the wcf…
The hurricane took a shellacking. Now they know how Toronto feel when Florida took game 7.
Carolina is just good enough to beat up on shitty teams like the washington washed-ups and the devils, they don't have what it takes to take on actual contenders. That's why they're winless in the past 4 ECFs. They have NOBODY that can match up against any team's best players and they will be in a world of pain when the Rangers come back to snuff them out earlier again. At least their twitter is run by a sassy gay man though!
Toronto saying we want Florida 8:00 and we want the cup before the series is even started. 3-0 on the ECF is definitely the earliest point you can do that
12:46 the cats and bolts are famous for having the best player experience off the ice due to their training facilities being in popular places to live where you get a nice house at reasonable prices and raise a family
As an Oilers fan, my friend (a Canes fan) said he hoped we did better than his team…I told him me too, but I don't think anyone's getting past Florida.
I think it’s easy to look like a wagon when you’re playing a ‘team’ that can’t execute its own systems consistently. 😂
A Panthers repeat might just be inevitable at this point… They just look unstoppable.
If its Oilers vs Panthers Rematch, Christ Why?!?! 🙈🤦♂️
2012 kings is the last time I remember a team abusing another team like this in the playoffs. Blues specifically come to mind
Does this send Carolina into a rebuild lol
Shannon the animal that comes to mind to describe Florida is not a cat but rather a pack of dogs, African wild dogs that hound their prey to death. William…Vancouver
Florida is just picking on the poor eastern teams
chris chelios summed it up in tnt game review , the fact that no cane came to help out / support ajo when he was being battered all game ,, not 1 guy , not 1 time , shows a complete lack of team support, florida saw this and battered away .. and carolina didn't finish their checks ,, vs florida finishes EVERY check for 60 minutes,,
Not a fan of either team. So many times Florida starting sh*t and coming away with a powerplay. Tkachuk literally mugging Aho from center ice to the corner and no call. Call it destiny if you want but the reffing in this series has been f'd.
The Panthers look like the Islanders of the 80's, when they made their 4 cup run 🤔🤔👋
I choose to look at the bright side of things and the good news is that I won't have to spend a lot of money on a Stanley Cup Finals ticket to watch my Canes. GG Florida, I really thought this years Cane's team was better than 2 years ago and I was absolutely wrong. They've destroyed my Canes and I don't think they will ever recover from this. This team is mentally F – U – C – K – E – D.
15 lost ECF games in a row is crazy, Statistically speaking even the worst NHL teams could have won at least 1 game by now. Another year another sweep, and I can tell you it's not Rods fault. This is 100% on the players.
I think Dallas would get smoked in 6 or less, Edmonton only has a chance because that team just seems to have some weird sort of magic that lets them get it done. But yeah, my leafs don't look quite so terrible now lol.
so it seems the ECF ended may 18th
dmitry orlov had a nightmare game last night. and i don't care how injured sean walker is, he is a better option than scott morrow
A Florida team has been the ecf champ every year since 2020. TBL was a dynasty, so is FLA
As a die-hard Panthers fan, even after winning the cup, its nice to finally see so many people acknowledging how unreal this team is. The culture is so fun to watch and considering how terrible all of our other sports teams are, it's been nice finally watching my team win.
The only team in recent memory that felt as dominant as Florida was Colorado a couple years ago. It just felt inevitable that they'd win the cup, and it feels that way with the Panthers.
we all saw this coming regardless of who made the c.f. such is the curse of Carolina
I picked Dallas to beat FLA in my bracket. I’d like to change my pick. 😅
Man, the Hurricanes can't get over the hump.
The Canes are a system team, carried by their coach. They rely on relentless puck pressure, volume shots, scoring by committee. It's a great regular season formula.
They can't win in the 3rd round because any opponent they meet in that round almost always has an elite sniper or two, which the Canes lack, AND/OR probably has a better goalie than Freddie.
Also, even at their best, they're not going to outwork a team like Florida.
I was truly surprised they beat the Caps, for all these same reasons.
Mitch Marner pisses off everyone in Toronto by signing a single year deal for league minimum in Florida with a number of built-in bonuses…. 😂
Florida has too many guys playing like superstars that just aren't in other markets
Wouldn't it be better to.miss the playoffs completely?
I would like to see how this Florida team would do playing against the Edmonton team in the Gretzky years.
Florida was relentless to start the 5 minute major. No set up by the Cane's.
The 76-77 Habs were amazing. I think they only lost 1 game in the playoffs.
Panthers have downgraded Carolina to a tropical storm.
The 'Canes, with there abundant amount of cap space, have to get some serious scoring, and toughness, to get to the finals. This was a semi rebuild year, but the flaws still exist. This will be a different team next season. Burns and Orlov likely are gone; shoulld they buy out Jasperi Kontaniemi? He is not giving them enough scoring at the center position. They obviously want to get a big time scorer for the playoffs, but last year Guentzel fizzled, and Rantanen sulked in his brief stay.
They also have a good culture on the team and it's not a terrible place to live.