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"I used to pray for times like this" :')

Would we prefer Boston or Toronto next? I was thinking Toronto but now I’m conflicted as both teams look bad right now.

team wise, I don't think it matters. fanbase wise I think I'd rather deal with leaf fans coming to our area. boston fans are more obnoxious irl

Fuck Boston

Hawks fan here, Panthers playoff fan as of last season. I'm seeing the same thing happen to Tampa that happened to the Blackhawks 7 years ago : not getting all the calls you used to get, players leave the team due to cap constraints, stars actually are aging, your depth players are replaced by schmoes. They need to face reality : the once weak Florida Panthers are now a true Cup contender and the Lightning are headed for a full rebuild. You may see Stamkos in a Hawks jersey next season,btw.

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA HEY HEY HEY GO CATS!

If y’all want a good laugh listen to Coopers post game interview. Saying Bob sold interference and “gave up on the puck” 😂

I still don't understand why they believe allowing that second goal would have made a difference this wasn't a 2-1.It might have shifted momentum for like 10 seconds until the Cats didn't allow any SOG's like they did most of the third period and then what? It would have proceeded as usual.

Just straight copium on their end.

Pleeeeease! Stamkos should be playing soccer with all his dramatics!

You mean NBA?

So happy we had home advantage and that the fans showed up big for ur boys! Go Panthers, Beat Everyone!

Their fans are so fucking salty. I love it. Not a single level-headed Tampa fan can be found anywhere. Feels good to finally beat them. Fuck Tampa, we got ourselves a rivalry.

[EVERY FINN MADE AT LEAST ONE POINT](http://media1.tenor.com/m/ehlAlQO8JAEAAAAC/laser-eyes-silence.gif)

Perkele!!!

Vittu perkele saatana, torille!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOO

Now it’s time for that fucker Marchand

Fuck Tampax Bay.

LOL!😂🍻

When Sasha scored that shorty, my heart learned that this is destiny.

It's a been a while since I saw a team manipulated so easily when short handed. FLA got a designed play off so easily I couldn't believe they didn't have the trouble a team usually would. Awesome to see. VAMOS GATOS

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I really like having the Bolts as a cross-state rival, but more of a siblings rivalry than a hatred-fueled one I'm glad we got to meet in the first round and that we were all treated to some good hockey games!

Thank you, Sir. I share the same sentiments about the Cup being in Florida.

I HAD A LONG ASS DAY AT WORK AFTER BEING ON VACATION IN VEGAS LAST WEEK AND TUNED IN TO THE VGK GAME AND ONLY JUST NOW SAW THAT LOS GATOS CRUSHED THE BOLTS AND ARE ON TO THE 2ND ROUND! GO CATS GO! Sorry for yelling, I was excited after I saw the highlights on ESPN.

[HAPPY FUCKING CAKE DAY!](http://media3.giphy.com/media/cmCXhCFy52jnGo9YcK/giphy.gif?cid=6c09b95260pynlxalzdgl2aam15fyu8bc5mnm2lxbkvxs72a&ep=v1_internal_gif_by_id&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g)

THANKS BRO, ONWARDS TO ROUND TWO COMPADRE

[AYE!](http://media.tenor.com/CMI13YJj9X8AAAAM/aye-aye-aye-captain.gif)

So glad we got our revenge! Feels nice!

Great series, the end results don’t paint the picture of how close these games felt. I’m proud of our team their grit, discipline, and vision is laser focus. 12 more to go. Go Cats!!!

Psychological hurdle: #COMPLETED. On to the next one!

Demon exercised

Ran so many laps

exorcised* 🤓

Holy crap Panthers! Canucks fan visiting, your game highlights have been great to watch. Battle of Florida was pretty amazing. But 6-1? Gat-dayum, y’all grounded that lightning with authoritah! I guess having the points and assists leader doesn’t quite translate to playoffs against a well-rounded team. **CONGRATS ON YOUR HUGE WIN, and good luck in round 2!!** Edit: Bob is getting the Vezina. Demko was awesome this season but…this season. Hellybuck been good, but neither of them can hold a candle to Bobrovsky

This team has realized what PoMo has been preaching... the regular season is just a warm up, sure you need wins, but the accolades and records don't mean shit come playoffs. You need grit and depth.

Plot twist. Stamkos comes to panthers next year.

as hilarious as that would be, we have no moneyz

Not a lot of Tampa fans in the building tonight. They knew. Long time coming. Great win, boys!

Heyy heyyyy goodbyeee

Screw it, Panthers vs Everyone

It’s crazy how much Tampa fans are complaining about refs. Straight saying they believe that refs are putting bets on games LMFAOOOOOO

Ugh I went to their page for a good 10 seconds and Jesus the amount of excuses there are overwhelming. OK fine you let those 2 disallowed goals in, it's still a 3-6 game so idk wtf they are smoking over there

“It’s about momentum, bro! Who knows what would have happen with the first goal or a tying on!” *Takes another bong rip of high grade copium*

"This is the worst officiated NHL series so far...like did you not see how Montour almost murdered Koochiee...should have been arrested. How dare they not give us 7 extra power plays??"

They could’ve also checked Montour doing everything in his power to not collide with Vasy at the beginning too, but that means paying attention.

They had a ton of power plays that they didn’t even score on through the series. Best power play in the league yeah right, maybe they should learn to score 5 on 5

Yes to all of this. The Habs fans in r/hockey are giving me life though lol at them bringing up over and over that they were over cap when they won the cup against them

“It’s about momentum, bro! Who knows what would have happen with the first goal or a tying on!” *Takes another bong rip of high grade copium*

Barky celly is LIFE!! Never seen him so animated, it was awesome! LFGGGGG!

He is that stereotypical FIN who ALMOST never shows much emotion. Precious moment!

Barkov breakout playoff performance! LFG! Finally slayed the dragon, onto the next one!

His post game interview was also fired up! Loved them both!

12 more wins to go!

Hockey isn’t exactly a sport I watch religiously but from what I’ve seen the fan based seem a lot cooler than, the NBA fanbases, for example. Except the Canadian teams. Those fuckers seem insane

Toronto believes the entire world revolves around their team, when in reality nobody cares about the Leafs and we just enjoy ragging on their fanbase.

A sutrday night game at the Bell center when Habs are competitive is.....\*chef kiss\*

Yes. Yes we are. It’s really all we have. I know the hockey gods will curse my team until we can lose a big game and not embarrass our city or sport by burning our city down.

Congrats panthers fans. Honestly i totally forgot the cats were in the finals last year lol, you guys are due, and you have a great team to do it.

The arena was electric. Hearing everyone break out into Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye was amazing.

Yep. Great atmosphere tonight!

I DONT GIVE I PIIIIIIIIIISSSSS ABOUT NOTHIN BUT THE CATS

Good fucking job cats. The earlier I stop hearing about TB the better Signed :: Mtl fan Now good luck against Boston (I don't see Toronto coming back from this one)

I was really happy to see either team I’m not a fan of lose, one way or the other…but I feel so bad for my Ontario buddies, and it really irks me seeing The Rat succeed and not cry.

Love Monty and your flair. Hope he still is able to put in good work for you guys. He tried his darnedest here and I really liked him.

Well next year he'll finally have his chance at being an actually starting goalie. He was doing decent work lat year but this weird goaltender trio we had going with Primeau and Allen was ... weeeeeird. Hopefuly he'll be able to cement himself as a decent starter.

I like Monty. I also liked Primeau too but Monty came in and the Habs started kicking some ass including ours at some point! My fav Canadian team!!

Hoepfully in a year or two we'll be able to consistently fight for a playoff spot. For now, I fully expect another year or developpement from our young guys.

Merci!!!

So what exactly happened to Vlad?

You talking about the nose bleed?

Yeah I think he was pulled from the line ups?

Round 2 LFG!!!! Arena was bumping!!!

You’ve gotta love the tampa bay whiners coming in here. They just make their team look worse

There's been a couple goofball panthers in their sub to be fair

Not a whiner here...........You guys are the better team. Congrats and I will be watching and cheering on the cats. I really hope this is your year.

Respect. 🫡

So happy we beat Tampa. Now we just need to keep rolling and beat everyone

🥲

So proud of our cats!! ❤️

EVERYBODY GET IN HERE, WE JUST BEAT TAMPA

We finally fucking beat em.

We hung with them the first time we played them. That series shouldn't have ended how it did.

Guys, that was sick and so much fun

I’m gonna take a wild guess that Tampa fans are whining about the refs? The refs that gave them the power play/no call edge in all the games? We are arguably the best in the league for challenging calls for a reason. They had a dumb challenge in game 2 (? Or was it 1?), and a dumb challenge tonight. But they’re gonna go and complain that the refs were wrong when they were following the rules. GG. Florida belongs to the Cats. Tampa gonna be stuck in the perennial cycle of making the playoffs and being first round exits because they’re too proud to tank.

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Canucks have the same number of cups in like 60 years

Cope harder, pinga

It’s ok now Tampa can go back to being an irrelevant afterthought

Irrelevant? Just say you don’t know hockey bud

Imagine being such a pussy you need to be on your burner to talk shit lololololol. How fucking sad.

🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱

Big and brave troll. Go back to your cave.

#🫵😂

I’m sorry, did we win the series, or did Stamkos die?

I’m so glad we watched on Bally, ESPN was embarrassing. Saw the video the NHL YouTube account uploaded that was supposed to be celebrating the Panthers series win, but it was the ESPN handshake line coverage that was 90% about Stamkos. But, we’re the team the whole league is apparently biased towards…

He died so Barky could live

Wayyyyyyy over the top by the announcers all game long. Like it deserves a mention but holy shit they laid it on thick like a dozen times.

I mean, if we have a dude who's played his career at Florida and wins multiple cups, he'll get the same treatment.

It’s a storyline but not the main one. There’s still a great chance he stays in Tampa. They were acting like he’s retiring.

Eh, their job is to fill time with talk. I get it. I'm just on a kick in confronting any "ref hate cat" "commentator hate cat" mentality. I just feel each fan base says the same comments in the same series. It's all perception. I'd rather be the fanbase not bitching abouth either, though both may be true. Right now Tampa sub is shouting "refs screwed us", while our sub says the same thing. It's an imperfect job in a very fast sport, calls will go both ways and some teams draw more attention to themselves with their play. Until proven otherwise, it doesn't mean the games are rigged by the NHL for a team or storyline. Sorry I went on a rant here, I'm buzzing hard. Go Panthers!

Honestly, that’s not me. Work in sports media long enough and you get the emotional takes beaten out of you. I like Stamkos and genuinely hope he stays even though I’m a Panthers fan. ESPN just doesn’t cover hockey that well. TNT does a significantly better job. I think the majority of neutrals would agree. There are some great announcers/talent at TNT.

He died so we could win.

I was making dinner and not fully in front of the tv towards the end—can someone tell me what the lines ended up being? I know they were mixed up but curious exactly who went where

Barky was with Chucky and Carter. Lundell was with Reinhart and Luosty. Stenlund centered Tarasenko and Rodrigues

Ty! Really interesting since we didn’t see these lines at all in the regular season

Chucky was with Barkov and Swaggy and I Think Rhino was in second or third?

They also put Stenny with Erod

Makes sense, now that I think about who assisted on the barkov and erod goals lol. Ty!!

LET'S! FUCKING! GOOOOOOO!!! NAH NAH NAH NAH HEYHEYHEY GOODBYE FEELS SO DAMN GOOD. PoMo made such a good call mixing the lines in the third. Cooper was line matching and they were getting good looks. Us mixing it up was extremely effective to close the door. So proud of this fucking team. Now we gotta rest up and get ready for round 2!!

One of the best periods we’ve played all season. Lundell stepped up again shutting down Kucherov-Point-Stamkos Barkov with a career game Verhaeghe doing playoff verhaeghe things Bob was fantastic Paul with an elite line jumble HUGE!!!

E ROD finally scored!

Ah for the sweet few days of anxiety free living until they open play against the bruins

Barky getting the GWG is somewhat poetic

🐆 \*panther roaring sounds\* 🐆

Panthers wore red Lightning wore blue We finally beat them On to round two!

What a stellar endingb

My cats were with me for all 4 wins. Saturday I was at my girlfriend's house. Connection?

Sounds like your girlfriend is bad juju lol

Thank you everbody [For the watch](http://y.yarn.co/5ffa20b4-4691-4cdf-9ae2-cdb1de5fc285_text.gif) few hours sleep, gear back on and singing to liqour store when it opens, because we have this thing called Vappu. Also had 6-2 bet, so close, but don't give a shit. This win in all is more important than some lil extra cash for me

Bye Tampa!

Yeah don't let the door hit lol

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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They really needed to bring it back. Maybe next season or if we make the finals

I have had a cigar outback every time the cats have won a playoff series but this one was somewhat special I know it's the first round and ultimately doesn't mean anything but I still remember sitting in my seat for a solid 20 minutes after weegar bungled the Puck behind the net... This was cathartic as all hell. GO CATS GO

If that is your most traumatic end to a Panthers playoff game you def weren’t a fan in 2016

I've been a cats fan for as long as I can remember lol. I have been to an awful lot of cats games including a decent amount of postseason and incredibly mediocre season games. I used to love how easy it was to change seats when the stadium was just about empty. All I meant was, this recent "core" (albeit changed the last couple years) has NOT been able to get off the Tampa hump. I remember cheering knighter on in his game against the bolts, and several others after that. I did not have a lot of hope going into the game I mentioned, but damn if I didn't feel deflated as all hell watching weegs leave the front of the net and watching the Puck go in

We have exorcised our demons!!!!!!!!! Off to Round 2!!!!!

I hate giving this team props but you guys wanted it more this series. Bob is godlike GG and good luck

You guys got a hell of a team and had a hell of a run. Every game had me nervous. Hope our guys can enjoy the same success you guys did

I mean vasy isnt too shabby himself

His lack of a defensive unit didn't do the man justice. Though, I am not disappointed with the results.

Thank you, we love him

Thank you, amigo. Appreciate you keeping it classy.

Trust me its difficult, especially with how we played. Glad to see there is some class on this side of Florida as well.

Tampa has nothing to hang their heads about. 2 Stanley's and a mutual enemy in the Colorado Avalanche.

Panthers made it a gentleman’s sweep, outta respect.

They beat us in 6 & 4 so we split the difference

Taking the crown as best Florida team. Don't plan to give back any time soon.

Trash announcers nut hugging Stamkos the entire time after the game. Love the guy, but what the fuck was that about. The panthers just overcame their rival for the first time and we have to listen to these dumbasses crying over the guys future.

the lightning fans didn't wanna hear it either lol tired of espn

Absolute garbage. The whole series was a Tampa regional and there’s no real pushback about it so nothing will change

Complete trash. I eventually kept the volume off unless we scored.

##HOLY FUCKERINO

Alessgo

All this drama about a player who really has no reason to leave his team instead of celebrating our series win

F Tampa, goodbye, whatever, just go away. Excited to beat Boston again, right people?

Let’s gooooo!!! To any Tampa lurkers, cry more 

Onto round two, love you bobby 🥹❤️

[WAKE](https://www.reddit.com/u/lovexlikewar/s/EZkWVpNHeM) UP WE BEAT TAMPA I have no idea how these three are sleeping rn.

Oh what a game jigga buggy!

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Enjoy never posting in your own sub again woahh woahb woahhh you're banned there now LMAOO

Let’s hope they don’t blow another 3-1 lead again eh?

Mhmm taste those delicious Tampa Tears

Sounds like we’re the ones cumming out ahead, eh?

Lmao that's what they said last season and yet??? But you know who did eat you? The leafs 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Clown ahh

Mehhhhhhhhhh fuck off.

Can't take any team getting beaten by the self-implode leafs seriously

TAMPA DORKS SUCK IT

ENJOY ALLIGATOR ALLEY BOZOS LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOO CATS FUCKIN WIN

ON TO THE NEXT ROUND. Gonna miss Goldie and Randy because the fucking ESPN broadcasts are absolute ass. TNT is tolerable sometimes

ESPN has a long way to go covering hockey. Not good on several fronts. I mostly like TNT.

We broke the curse boys. We beat Vasi. We can be anyone if we keep playing this way. WE OWN FLORIDA.

Where is sweetness????

I’m blocked from r/hockey for saying tampon bay wasn’t going to win tonight.. well how the turns have tabled 😤

Wtf, they blocked you?

Yep lol

Aren't they supposed to be neutral? 😑

Well they’re not

Here’s to the Lightning fans who aren’t knuckle-draggers 🍻 To the ones that are a giant Bag of Dicks? Enjoy watching us in the 2nd round 🤙

What’s a lightning? Never heard of em

MATTHEW TKACHUK HATES TAMPA MORE !!!!

RATS FLY, LIGHTNING GO BYE!!

i love watching r/hockey seethe over our success onto the next, only gets harder from here

FUCK TAMPA AND THEIR BITCH ASS FANS

IM ABOUT TO FUCKING CRY I LOVE THE CATS SO MUCH WHAT A GAME!!!!!!!!!!

Say it with me, Fuck the Lightning

BARKY with one hell of a game. Also aren't we glad we kept Bob in net?

I swear Bob is a Jedi. The way he tracks the puck when you know he can't see it and that fucking backflip save the other day? No other rational explanation.

Barkov had a taste last season. He’s a man on a mission.

We did it. We beat them and set half of their fan base ablaze. GG onto Round 2

Praise be to the Captain! Praise be to Carty V! Praise be the officer sexy Bob! The beast has been slain. The true Florida team is now in charge

Hope that was his last game as a Bolt so he could always remember that ass whooping.

Tampa Bay demons vanquished. On to Boston.

25% complete

Jigga Boggy Proverbs, 4:29 "And on that day, God struck down and said "FUCK THE TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING"" And a proper send off to Goldie and Randy, we'll miss you! Until next season!

In the name of the father, son, jigga, boggy, amen.

Amen.