Panthers cut a 4-1 lead down to 4-3 pretty quick
I guess it helps when you take the starting goalie out with an elbow to the head.
Panthers are an incredible team and also one of the dirtiest groups I’ve ever seen. Ridiculous.
They learned from the best
I was there Season 1 for the Lightning when they played in Expo at the fairgrounds in Tampa
I watched that team walk around lost for many years, they got much better when they started dishing it more than they took it
I would never describe the Lightning as dirty but they played hard especially in more recent years when they won B2B, 3 Finals in a row
Along the way they dismissed the Panthers a couple times in the Playoffs
One year it made the Panthers overturn a lot of their roster that had just finished as the top seed
You can hate on the Panthers, i was born in Miami so I tend to enjoy either team and the last 5-6 seasons here in Florida have absolutely expanded both fan bases
The best ticket in town down here and for the foreseeable future is the Florida Panthers, if nothing else you get to watch a lot of high level hockey games as a season ticket holder
I've been to several home games for the Lightning in the last 5-6 years, electric inside that building, almost feels like a night club in the lower level at times.
Panthers games are more "family" friendly and you just don't quite get the same electricity in that building like you do up in Tampa
That machine that creates lightning up in the rafters, the first time I saw that in person was with my son, amazing experience
Back to you griping about the Panthers and the word dirty...they did trade for Marchand, what do you expect?
I don't think the hit was dirty or any more dirty than other NHL in game stuff.
TB-TB-TB-FL-FL, that's what you get from the East the last 5 years, Panthers hoping to add another year for the State of Florida
Panthers are a product of the Lightning being so good , deal with it