The Battle of Florida lived up to the hype today.
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The lightning were lucky it wasn't a complete blow out the way they played. They better wake up for game two. Go Bolts!
That’s one. Fifteen more. Love the defense but don’t do that again Carter.
Two very good teams. Wasn't as scrummy as most Florida games. Florida had the better of the play. Tampa never out of it with Kucherov and Vasilevskiy.
Exactly the game I expected. High energy and physical. The bad calls or non calls is just part of it, move on. Love my Panthers and how they really clamp down when they have a lead. Still a lot of hockey to play.
Great game by both teams Go Cats , Hockey South is real with Bolts Panthers, and Canes..
I have no horse in this race, but this is promising to be a great series
Sometimes it's just fun to follow a series for random teams
Finally, 2 real hockey teams playing a series.
Shannon don't be scared to cranking up your mike's volume. You're barely audible even at full volume. The volume is loud when your videos are interrupted by ads or when I switch to another channels' videos.
Excellent game. Tampa needs to solve for getting in the O zone and getting set up.
Dallas Stars – Florda Panthers finals?
They should use the #1 vs #16 system in the playoffs. It's so boring to have the same teams against each other over and over and over again.
Besides, what if, let's say, NYR and NYI were the two best teams in the league. They would win all the games except against each other. There's no way they can be in the finals. #1 vs #16 would be a much more fair system, in my opinion and it would mean that the chances of having the same matchups year after year would diminish greatly.
Man I hope this series goes to 7. What an insane matchup
As an outside watcher who is not a fan of either of these teams, this game was awful hockey. No one was playing. There was just hits and like 2-3 real scoring chances per period. Refs lost the game immediately. Terrible for the game.
i noticed that everyone holds their sticks thighter too in all series because it seems that in most clean chances so far the guys shoot at the net and dont really aim their shots like they do in the season…its probably the fact that they try to do it the quickest way possible too
Terrible game by the bolts, but they managed to stay in it at least. Good sign I suppose.
Super evenly matched
Yeees Panthers baby 👍👌 Perhaps if Bruins win series and Boston fans say We want Florida again. The Panthers could then eliminate Bruins again lol. And I am in Bruins' country, however I was a Whalers fan once. 🙂 Also lets go Leafs. You can tell I'm never over my Whalers vs Bruins animosity ha.
🐆🐆🐆 mnau
Barkov is so good in defense
Would you consider turning up your microphone? At full volume, you're hard of hearing.
Thanks THG!
Let's go BOLTS!⚡⚡⚡
after years of chanting ref you suck and nothing changing you really just stop trying unless its just really bad. That "crosscheck" at the end of the game was total trash. The chants would have come out if it was still 2-1 at that point. So Panthers 3, Bolts 1, Refs 1. The Panthers played playoff hockey. Tampa played not to break and hope for breakaways to avoid having to set up in the zone. Usually that works against FL. 20 shots by the Panthers, no goal. One bad bounce and Tampa is on a 1 man rush and usually those go in. Today they didn't. I am giving Forsling the player of the game. Every time the puck came near him it was taken away and sent right back out of the zone.
Not like you need the additional workload, but I'm curious to see if the Panthers games are selling out in the playoffs, given their history with attendance..
Thank you.
Go cats!
As for someone that have never been to a 1000+ hockey game, is it almost only the goalies that get the crowd chants?
Tampa had 6 or 7 guys on the ice 😂 remember all the Stanley Cup crying
You gotta make sure to ensure the collection back there
The officiating is always lambasted (right, wrong, or indifferent) that's never going to change. With that said congratulations on taking game 1 Florida. Though I absolutely can't stand the Panthers franchise, I love that because of your recent successful seasons, the battle in Florida has become a legitimate rival.
If this is any indication we are in for a great series.
Is wifey in all white yet? #GoJetsGo
This should be the best series of the round
LET'S GOOOOO PANTHERS!!!
I’m like 666 😅😅😅
Game one was what you tune into the playoffs to see. Solid goaltending, ferocious puck pressure, and both teams clearly chose violence for the first round. There were a few soft calls both ways, made more strange considering what wasn't called, but that's NHL officiating for you.
Go Cats Go
We felt there were too many men on the ice cause there were 7 guys on the ice. One of the ones next to the bench had the puck on his stick. Time to hunt. #GOCATS #VEZINABOB
IF Tampa is the lightning and Florida is the panthers does that make this the Thunder cats series? I'll take my leave…
Seeing Tampa fans complain about the refs is poetic justice.
“I don’t blame them.” BOB.
Panthers sucked for what seemed like 20yrs. Glad they appear to be relevant these days…