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The Sunshine Cats have bagged up the Leafs 2nd round dreams. What a tough fought series from both sides. A set of close games between the so called underdog Panthers and the true 1st round underdogs, The Maple Leafs.
Congratulations to the Leafs, way to break a curse. It has been to long and you fought as hard in the 2nd round as you did in the 1st. Great way to win a 1st round in a rematch of last year. Unfortunately the state of Florida had a 2nd helping of hockey in store.
[Nick Cousins](https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1657215730650173441?s=20) Closes out the Series
[Nylander](https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs/status/1657200981153644544?s=20) Ties it Late in the 3rd
[Morgan Rielly](https://twitter.com/Sportsnet/status/1657181797078147072?s=20) Puts Toronto on the Board
[Connor Verhaeghe](https://twitter.com/TSN_Sports/status/1657171047576207366?s=20) Gives Florida a 2 goal lead
[Aaron Ekblad](https://twitter.com/NHL/status/1657166567744970753?s=20) Starts the lead early on.
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Get your hot takes, chirps, celebrations, and lamentations out here.
NICK COUSINS CALLED GAME!! 😤 #StanleyCup
Nick Cousins (@Cous27) sends the @FlaPanthers to the Conference Finals with his overtime winner!! pic.twitter.com/kcozZIcGmj
— NHL (@NHL) May 13, 2023
by cacti_stalactite
47 Comments
Respect in the handshake line
Good thing there is a mega thread for this and people don’t just spam in the sub
In a house with a bunch of leafs fans screaming interference I want to rub it in. But they are so pissy
HEAT AND PANTHERS WON
South Florida on top!!
Leafs go bye bye 👋
Congratulations Toronto, you won two more games than last playoffs!
I had low expectations for leafs going in and was still disappointed
Matthews is the most overrated player in the history of the NHL. Absolute bum did fuck all the entire round. What a loser
RIP a Doodle Doo: The Maple Leafs Story
Leafs had a good season
That was a great OT period. Panthers seemed more aggressive early, but the Leafs came out firing after the kill. I knew that the collision of the two Leafs was bad news for them.
Florida is on a heater
Leafs are the all time NHL underachievers
Time to break up the core 4 😀
Man, fuck these refs.
Lets go panthers
As a western conference fan with no dog in this fight… what the actual fuck, NHL? That was one seriously embarrassing non call.
Leafs fans should be sponsored by Kleenex.
Panthers bro… wow. The ECF against the Canes is gonna be a fun one to watch. Canadas hopes are in McDavids hands now
Sure there was some maybe non-calls .
But be real. If this Leafs team played with 1/5th the fight of the Panthers it would have been Leafs in five. Instead, they looked lazy, confident, and got fed.
You wanted Florida? You got it.
Edited for wording
To the Leafs fans who held onto hope, I salute you.
Toronto should be better wth haha. Matthews is not good in playoffs unfortunately
Man it’s great to be a Miami fan tonight!! Saw both 8 seeded Heat and Panthers advance to the conference finals on the same night. Let’s go!!
I have no horse in this race but kinda wild that they let Gudas get away with that stick hold there on that goal
Omg
Alright Canada you know who needs your support now
GREAT day to be a nonexistent Panthers fan!
As a Bruins fan, I told everyone even before we lost that series that Florida was going to win against us and go on to win the Stanley Cup. They all said I was crazy, this team has a fight in them like none other and they were the best team in the NHL just last season.
Let’s go Cats! Leafs played well, but Bobrovsky has been on fire since coming back. On to the finals with the Canes, which should be a good watch.
Genuinely unsure what do the leafs do now? I don’t think this is on Dubas but I think they need a personnel changes in management, coaching, and players.
No horse in this race and not a rules expert by any means but shouldn’t that stick hold by Gudas have been interference/holding?
sus reffing… the NHL is trying to ruin our 1st round pick.
This subreddit is going to be so quiet now
Get. Fucked. Leafs. Fans.
I don’t wanna hear any more dick riding of “the big 4” lmfao. Good lord, absolutely insufferable. Your big 4 just got NICK COUSINS-ED. What an entitled fanbase.
Gg tho. Respect.
All is right with the world again.
Tkachuk just said “we don’t hear many ‘we want Florida’s’ right now” in the postgame interview. LEGEND 😂😂😂
Blargh. I’ve got alot of feelings I’m just going to let cool off.
Curious to see what the future holds
IM JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE. IM UGLY CRYING WND CANT CONTROL THE VOLUME OF MY VOICE
As a leafs fan? Yeah it sucks but playoff hockey this late in the year is always a plus.
As a hockey fan? That ECF gonna be hella fun to watch and it’s nice to see some new team represent the East.
Toronto got jobbed on the GWG. Pretty clear penalty on Gudas. Definitely effected the defender.
Best part of the panthers win is we won’t have to see Dubas 10000 times when he’s in the press box during the game 😂
Sorry guys. Florida made a push for a playoff spots when Bobrovski decided to play, and he decided to play when i traded him and Svechnikov for Vinacek. I feel real goofy now. My bad.
WE WANT FLORIDA 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
WE WANT FLORIDA 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
WE WANT FLORIDA 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
“We want Florida”…..that’s going to sting all summer. They asked, and received.
“We want Florida! We want Florida!”
The amount of effort the cats put into that OT period was awesome to watch. Just constant press, trying to make something out of nothing at every turn. It’s was very cool