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Opinion: How Superstition Helped Fuel Florida’s Back-to-Back Championships
- Kristie Delisi
- June 23, 2025
There are plenty of storylines that can come out of the playoffs, but by far the most unexpected one this year was the Dairy Queen Saga that followed the Panthers for the final two series. Born from a viral photo and some coaxing by Brad Marchand, there wasn’t a game day that went by where […]
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3 Takeaways From The Florida Panthers & Toronto Maple Leafs Game 5 | 05/14/2025
- Kristie Delisi
- May 16, 2025
The mission was to go into Toronto and get the win to take a 3-2 series lead. The Panthers accomplished this mission well on Wednesday night. The Cats put up a statement win after four extremely tight games, taking Game 5 in a 6-1 victory. They were a minute and six seconds away from a […]
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3 Takeaways From The Florida Panthers & Tampa Bay Game 4 | 04/28/2025
- Kristie Delisi
- April 29, 2025
The match was so over until it wasn’t. After a scoreless first period, the next two periods had three goals each. The Cardiac Cats were out in full force as they spent much of the game trailing by one goal until the defense came back in full force offensively to give the Panthers the lead […]
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3 Takeaways From The Florida Panthers & Tampa Bay Lightning Game 1 | 04/22/2025
- Kristie Delisi
- April 24, 2025
There were plenty of questions and doubts surrounding the Florida Panthers coming into Game 1 of the playoffs after ending their season with a rough couple of weeks. That season-ending needs to be taken with a grain of salt, given how many players the Cats were resting on any given night, especially the final game […]
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3 Takeaways From The Florida Panthers & Tampa Bay Game 04/15/2025
- Kristie Delisi
- April 18, 2025
82 games are now done and dusted. All eyes can turn to the playoffs and title defense. The Florida Panthers closed out their regular season on the road against Tampa Bay, and while some called it a round 1 preview, I disagree to a certain extent. The Cats were resting Barkov, Reinhart, Forsling, Lundell, Greer, […]
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