Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice speaks after his team beat the host Toronto Maple Leafs 6-1 in Game 7 of their second round playoff series on Sunday, May 18, 2025, at Scotiabank Arena.
The Panthers now move on to the Eastern Conference final for the third straight year.
Game 1 is Tuesday against the host Carolina Hurricanes at 8 p.m. (TNT)
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Sunday, the Panthers took a 1-0 lead on Seth Jones’ goal early in the second; by the 10-minute mark it was 3-0 thanks to goals from Anton Lundell, and Jonah Gadjovich.
Florida added three in the third on goals from Eetu Luostarinen, Sam Reinhart, and Brad Marchand.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 19 saves in the win.
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31 Comments
Best coach in the NHL……
All I hear are our excuses… This is not something to applaud… This is pathetic. 6 – 1 in 2 of the keys games is pathetic. Highest paid team and can’t produce offense OR defense…. You’re all delusional for supporting this dog crap
Going to be an awesome series with the Canes! Toss up who I want to win ok I decided Go Canes!
"How comfortable you are in hard situations — then you have a chance." — Paul Maurice
Such a humble man, no showboating or bragging from this gentleman. And he's right in the way he describes things.
Refs help. win in playoffs Cost toronto the win point blank
I said it before & I'll say it again, hold on to this coach Panthers, he's a real one. PoMo is world class.
Panthers just a BETTER TEAM Period! The Hurricanes series will be a grind for sure. My money is on Bob over Andersen. Cats win series and get a rematch with Oilers imho.
I could listen to Mo talk hockey all day. He is arguably the best coach in the NHL and I hope the Panthers win the cup again this year. Class act all the way
I hope this ride never stops. Go cats!
Remember all the pundits when the Cats hired Mo? Where are they now? Just the best hire ever by Zito. Kudos for pulling the trigger on Bruno. Having the guts to fire a coach who got 120 points. That takes a lot of cojones!
All the puppets saying class act class act class act. Lmao.
Big Bad Brad is the Leafs daddy – From a Leafs fan, I cant call him the rat anymore, its Big Bad Brad. Time to change this core 4. Im tired of the same thing year over year and game 5 and 7, the Leafs were not even in the building and got completely outworked from top to bottom.
Paul speaks better of the Leafs team than their own captain does. Matthews called his teammates "passengers". Could you imagine Barkov or any Panther player or coach saying such a thing? Let's see how the hunting is in Carolina. Go Cats!
Paul you are 100% all class for your team and opposing! GREAT COACH
The 'Don Shula' of hockey. And fortunately for the Panthers there is no 'World Hockey League' that will take players away from this team like what happened to the Dolphins in the 70s.
8!
Fantastic team and leadership.
Sounds like he's trying to save some jobs on the Toronto side. . Plain and simple, Toronto should be in the PWHL.
4th line change was a masterstroke!!
Changed the whole series!!
Coach Mo is a phenomenal coach and CLASS ACT!
🐀🏒🔥
this is the biggers choker coach in nhl history and he's winning cups….this league really has gone sideways….fartman at work
I don’t know what’s better , that FL beat Toronto or that the hockey world doesn’t have to listen to Leafs fan boys talk nonsense.
If you think him & Marchand were serious about defending Toronto from the media, you simply don't know Paul Maurice. It was some expert level trolling that went far above everyone's head. Still a class act, but he likes to have a little fun.
The definition of diplomacy is being able to tell someone to go to hell in such a manner that they actually look forward to the trip ! 😅😅😅
Paul Mauruce could teach a master class on that. Great coach, class act. Could double as a hostage negotiator in the off season!😅😅
"IN MAURICE WE BELIEVE "….🏒🏒🏒
Congratulations to the Panthers .
"Pops"#truschoolsports🥊🥊
Incredible class from Coach Maurice, always a pleasure to hear him talk hockey
Gadjovich and Greer are the Bash Brothers, love them out there.
"Do no harm" was supposed to be a medicial community rule too but they threw that out with covid LOL
Panthers have the best coach and GM in the league. Panthers are a special group and I absolutely love watching them. Bring me so much excitement and joy!
Florida-Carolina is going to be an amazing series. Go Panthers!
Great great coach!!!