2 w. ago SIMMONS SAYS: The Florida Panthers are one of hockey’s greatest teams

The real lesson from the Stanley Cup final: Teams win championships, individuals do not. In the end, the Florida Panthers crushed the two best players in the world, Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. Just as they crushed the Carolina Hurricanes and the Maple Leafs and before that the Tampa Bay Lightning. They had 11 blowout […]

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2 w. ago Matthew Tkachuk taunts Oilers captain McDavid at Florida Panthers celebration bash

This in from the X account of Florida Panthers fan Jen @jenpnthr, video of Panthers second line winger Matthew Tkachuk taunting Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid at a Stanley Cup celebration party. “Connor McDavid who?!” shouts Tkachuk into  a mic, igniting the crowd into a profane chant about McDavid. Chucky please please never change […]

Culture

2 w. ago Another season for the Edmonton Oilers, another loss to the champions

"So, there are certainly levels to everything and Florida's reached a really high level. And there is certainly lots we can learn from them"

Sport

2 w. ago The strategic blunder that doomed the Edmonton Oilers against Florida this year

The Florida Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers in the 2024 and 2025 Stanley Cup Final, but the while the difference between the two teams was razor thin in 2024, it was more of a deep chasm in 2025. This year the Panthers proved to be a far better team than the Oilers, in part because […]

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2 w. ago Florida Panthers’ Stanley Cup damage just the latest mishap in the trophy’s storied history

Hockey's holy grail has been dropped several times, swam in pools and the ocean, and used both a baptismal font and an accidental toilet

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2 w. ago Florida Panthers put dents in Stanley Cup during wild celebrations

Championship trophy appears to have two dents in it after the Panthers celebrated their victory.

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3 w. ago Florida Panthers beat Edmonton Oilers to win Stanley Cup for second straight year

The Panthers beat the Oilers in seven games to capture their first-ever title last June. This year they did it in six games

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3 w. ago 'Damn any negativity': Edmonton Oilers country on high alert for Game 6

Sam Francisco @ColonelTweeto In every single series in history that has gone to 7 games, the team that was down 3-2 won game 6. Carly Derms @carlyderms If I’m Hyman, I’m playing tonight. I’m risking disfigurement in order to help my team. I’m risking serious physical repercussions to get this win. – Me, as I […]

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3 w. ago 'I wanna throw up': Edmonton Oilers fans' unique coping strategies for Game 6

Edmonton Oilers fan are on high alert heading into Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final, a must-win for the Oilers. Many of them are having a hard time just getting through the day and are variously doom scrolling, thinking happy thoughts only or catastrophizing away their day until game time. Here are some of […]

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3 w. ago 'This series should be over': swaggering Florida Panthers hockey world sure of victory

How confident are some in Florida Panthers hockey country that their team will take the Stanley Cup. One video making the Panthers social media rounds shows the faces of Panthers player Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov and others super-imposed over the faces of pall bearers carrying a casket on their shoulders with an Edmonton Oilers logo […]

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3 w. ago 'What a time to be alive': swaggering Florida Panthers hockey world sure of victory

How confident are some in Florida Panthers hockey country that their team will take the Stanley Cup? One video making the Panthers social media rounds shows the faces of Panthers player Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov and others super-imposed over the faces of pall bearers carrying a casket on their shoulders with an Edmonton Oilers logo […]

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3 w. ago What's up with new and jumbled lines at Edmonton Oilers practice today?

This in from TSN’s Ryan Rishaug at the Edmonton Oilers practice today, some new lines: Lines were a bit jumbled but best guess at today’s formation. Full team skate. Pod (93) McDavid Brown Skinner Draisaitl Kane Frederic Henrique Arvidsson Kapanen Janmark Perry RNH not on ice. 92 place holding Skinner in what was starters net […]

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3 w. ago "Calm down everyone': Florida Panthers country reacts to historic Stanley Cup Final collapse

Florida Panthers hockey country is disgusted and down, but not out. In fact, the more sober fans and commentators from Ratland are quietly confident their team can rebound — and with good reason. Florida has brought its best game more often than the Oilers in this Stanley Cup Final. Still, there was plenty of outrage […]

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3 w. ago 'Not the ref's fault': Florida Panthers country reacts to historic Stanley Cup Final collapse in Game 4

Florida Panthers hockey country is disgusted and down, but not out. In fact, the more sober fans and commentators from Ratland are quietly confident their team can rebound — and with good reason. Florida has brought its best game more often than the Oilers in this Stanley Cup Final. As Panthers commentator TJ Peterson of […]

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3 w. ago Connor McDavid’s wife seemingly shades Florida Panthers: ‘Why is Alberta rat

Lauren Kyle McDavid chimed in as the Florida Panthers were beating the Edmonton Oilers in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final

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4 w. ago Connor McDavid’s wife takes shot at Florida Panthers in Instagram post

Lauren Kyle took a thinly veiled shot at the Florida Panthers in an Instagram Story during Game 3.

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4 w. ago Is Florida becoming a hockey hotbed with the success of the Panthers?

WATCH BELOW: Postmedia’s Rob Wong speaks with Postmedia features writer, Steven Sandor from the Stanley Cup Final in Sunrise, Florida. Steven talks about why the Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning have become prime destinations for NHL free agents and if the sport of hockey is gaining traction in the state of Florida.

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