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We break down how the Florida Panthers have become the juggernaut of the NHL by taking a deep dive into their tactics in every area of the ice.
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I hope they don’t win again🙏
It never goes well for teams that try to play Florida’s physical style against Florida. Just get embarrassed every time.
It helps when refs and player safety allow Cats to dirty hit their opponents and suspend opponents if they fight back.
This comment section is going to be fun.
The Panthers’ head coach, Paul Maurice, was the Hurricanes head coach for 13 years including 2008-2011 when Brind’Amour was captain. Rod modeled the Canes strategy on his own experience, including under Maurice’s coaching. The Hurricanes have used this system since Rod took over in 2018. When Paul Maurice became Florida’s head coach in 2022, he implemented an almost identical system to the one Carolina had been using for five years at that point.
So no, Brind’Amour hasn’t changed how the Canes play to mimic the Panthers, the Panthers changed to mimic the Canes.
Another day, another time HP misuses the “they’re the standard” quote to outright tell lies. The whole quote starts with “how would you change our play?” and he goes on to say that the Panthers and Canes play exactly the same way. That’s what he meant by “they’re the standard.” The Panthers have executed it better, and had better players, but PLEASE stop repeating this lie that the Canes are somehow changing to play like the Panthers. The opposite is true.
Excellent breakdown.
Worst video yet…
I love the Panthers because they make Redditors and Canadians extremely butthurt for some reason.
3 PEAT INCOMING LETS GOOOO 🏆🏆🏆🐀 Nobody can stop this team
Paul Maurice is the best coach of the last decade… change my mind.
This WILL 100% for sure win the cup again this season. Barkov being out this season allows them to sign one more big-ticket player.
NHL coaches watching your vids 📈
Buffalo tank rolls on
Thank you very much for the concise and objective analysis! I had to laugh out loud at "everbody and their mother wants to play there" 🙃. I suspect the comments will nevertheless still be full of explanations such as "taxes", "dirty Panthers", "biased refs". Thankfully, trying to copy a system doesn't mean that you excel at playing it (as Florida does, through all four lines). Injuries are a different topic.
You covered it all. Like you said it takes execution. The Panthers play is forcing the rest of the league to not only step it up but also play a thinking man’s game. It should be interesting to see if the Panthers can turn it on again in the playoffs and at the same time if the rest of the league can step it up. There’s also certain role players who bring in the whole chemistry. Something you can’t duplicate.
I hit the like button before even watching the video. I am a full groupie.
You forgot to mention floridas strategic use of the fact theyre Bettmans favourite team to get away with constant attempts to injure, works really well for them clearly!
Step 1. Hire Gregory Campbell as your AGM
Florida's strategy of using LTIR isn't something that is possible anymore.
Panthers' gm doesn't win gm of the year cuz the voters know panthers get too much help from zebras
I subscribe to the Tampa Bay Lightning school of how to deal with the Panthers
Up for an hour and not even a billion views? Pfft channels totally fallen off after joining the Florida hype train lmaoooo
It sucks that Barkov got hurt.
I never want to hear that the formula for a game is solved.
because once something is solved, everybody does that one formula. usually leading to the game itself being predictable and boring over time.
that comes with they're being a standard lol.
This might be your best one yet
Leafs fans crying real hard in the comments, WAAAAAAA. I remember being a panthers fan and people constantly calling us shit and not giving two shits. Look at all you crybabies now
That strategy is to have both teams rack up 300+ penalty minutes in a game
Basically, Florda does the sane things a lot of teams do. They just do it better than anyone else
I mean they literally cheat, they injure their opponents on purpose… because why not the nhl doesnt penalize them
Amazing to see a team constructed more for year 2000 hockey smothering and suffocating this finesse era kd the nhl; i love their style of play. Built big, play bigger, and break the will of the opposition.
If the league is going to be suspending Tampa Bay players alongside other teams for this on ice behavior, they BETTER hold the same standard towards the Panthers’ players (especially Sam Bennett given his past pattern of behavior). I’m sick and tired of these blatant double standards by the Department of Player Safety because eventually this will only lead to genuine lethal outcomes that will ultimately leave the league in ruins. If they refuse to do anything, then there is only one thing to do. Get meaner, get tougher, and beat the Panthers (especially Sam Bennett) at their own game to the point where they’re unable to ever play again because that is what the league endorses. It’s sad and disgraceful but unfortunately necessary if it means having actual good change be present in the long run.
Note: I genuinely wish Barkov did not get hurt. Him, Bobrovski, and Reinhardt all deservingly won their respective cups…..Sam Bennett did not and he’s got to go. That fraudulent champion has got to be thrown out of the league at this point.
I LOVE how Florida plays the game. This is how you win Cups. People crying about refs, Bettman, state tax (that didn't help Florida in the 2000s though??), etc., are all whimpy cry babies. I LOVE watching the Cats steamroll through the league, giving MY Leafs a lesson on how to win. Leafs are all full of whimps who need to man up if they ever want to sniff that Cup.
Step 1 : bribe the refs using your tax cuts, have them look the other way.
Step 2 : Intentionally play to injure.
Step 3 : Elbows, Elbows, Elbows.. To the head preferably.
Step 4 : Rinse & Repeat 1-3.
Step 5 : Claim Cup.
PS – Florida has one of the weakest interactions/engagement on ALL platforms. The sheer lack of sportsmanship they have by far offputs people to them entirely and people disengage entirely. No matter how hard the league favors them they will never be one of the favorites for fans in the NHL.