The day Barkov retires will be one the saddest day of my life. What he has done to grow South Florida hockey is legendary. That’s the heart of this panthers team. 😢
With Viola as Owner, Bill Zito as President and GM, not to mention Coach Maurice and the top core remaining together, I wouldn’t be surprised if they win another one in the near future. I would be shocked if they went to the final three years in a row because it is extremely difficult. My pick for 2025 is either the Rangers or the Oilers for 2025. That said, I would not mind the Panthers doing it again!
I read somewhere that of the Panthers team in September 2020 when Bill Zito started only 5 players remain: Barkov, Ekblad, Bobrovsky, Lomberg and Luostarinen. Quite an overhaul in less than 4 years. Genius GM:ing.
Congrats to the Panthers! Following in tampa foot steps of success 18-19: 62 win Pres trophy year 19-20: StanleyCup 20-21: StanelyCup 21-22: Cup Final Florida is saving hockey
Zito is not an *unsung* hero in South Florida - at least not to the dedicated fans. We know all too well what it’s like to be under horrible management.
I wish the Jackets still had Bill Zito. Dude has had very few misses in his time in Fort Lauderdale and is just an awesome dude and smart person. Even if the Panthers can't resign their core pieces and aren't the same team next year and down the line to come the way he was able to quickly elevate this team from solid competitors to cup winners is a success for that franchise in my opinion.
Caps win in 18 Bolts win in 20/21 Cats win in 24 *Patiently waiting for the canes to win like our SE brethren* (We’re gonna be out in round 2 / Swept in ECF)
It's like being in a state with ZERO INCOME TAX (resulting in players being willing to sign for less with their take home pay being more than even a million + more deal elsewhere leaving you with more money to sigh quality depth is a HUGE advantage in building a cup winning team in a hard cap system like the NHL currently has) AND GOOD WEATHER YEAR ROUND helps tremendously! Who'd have thunk it?!?!
“sign less” yet they have almost 30 million invested in just 3 players in Bob, Barkov, and Tkachuk lol not to mention the Ekblad contract it’s a lot fucking more than taxes.
@@dave2sick LOL, Florida's my second favorite team dumb@$$! It's just a fact!. Players signing for less means more ability to sign cup caliber depth! Period!
Then why did they f*cking suck for two decades when they also had those "massive" advantages. Every market has their select advantages and almost all of them are massively overblown. For example Zach Hyman literally refused to sign with them in 2015 forcing his way out despite those advantages.
As I said in the response that you deleted ( for some reason hmm...) Because they were an expansion team and the first decade was in a non-cap NHL (Meaning the small market teams couldn't compete.) These resulted in a less than impressive resulting the ice. They weren't even great after the new cap era began because no established player wanted to play for them because they sucked (even with the income tax incentive). Through a bit of luck, they were able to acquire a group of players and management that worked! If you look at the final four of last year's playoffs, you'll see that 3 of the 4 teams were from states with zero income tax (Dallas, Vegas, Florida) with Carolina being the only exception. That is no coincidence. Building team depth and acquiring big impact guys is the key to building a solid all around team with DEPTH! When depth (and star player as well) are able to be signed for millions less (because the income tax advantage allows them to have a higher take home salary than if they signed for even millions more in non income tax exempt states), it is a HUUGE advantage when building a cap compliant cup contender! Period! They basically were a group of "castoffs" (As they were even specifically called during the playoffs a couple seasons ago) that ended up clicking and working. Just like Vegas (another team from another state with no income tax state hmm...) being called the "Misfits". As a result of the team's vast improvement and the tax incentive, they could now attract players that would have never even looked their direction before. You think Tkachuk or Bob would've ever looked at them before their late '10's renaissance? 😂😂 Not trying to be a douche but it's annoying how many people don't see this and call it out! BTW, actually love this channel! The Isles are my 3rd favorite team besides TOR and FLA.
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The day Barkov retires will be one the saddest day of my life. What he has done to grow South Florida hockey is legendary. That’s the heart of this panthers team. 😢
hes young still many years to come
we have around 8-9 more years before that happens. There's plenty of talent yet to come up.
we'll be fine with Bill Z at the helm
The tkachuk trade definitely has the potential to be a top 5 trade of all time
For sure even if they never win another
With Viola as Owner, Bill Zito as President and GM, not to mention Coach Maurice and the top core remaining together, I wouldn’t be surprised if they win another one in the near future. I would be shocked if they went to the final three years in a row because it is extremely difficult. My pick for 2025 is either the Rangers or the Oilers for 2025. That said, I would not mind the Panthers doing it again!
I read somewhere that of the Panthers team in September 2020 when Bill Zito started only 5 players remain: Barkov, Ekblad, Bobrovsky, Lomberg and Luostarinen. Quite an overhaul in less than 4 years. Genius GM:ing.
Yup dude did not waste any time
Getting Montour & Reinhart out of the hellhole that is Buffalo was a beautiful sight to see.
HAHAHAHAHAHAH from pure torture of brutal seasons to sunny Florida to go win
And okposso
the Gus Forsling deal still doesn’t seem real, what a contract
also the depth signings really showed up this playoffs, was amazing to see players like E Rod & OEL stepping up in the finals
Congrats to the Panthers! Following in tampa foot steps of success
18-19: 62 win Pres trophy year
19-20: StanleyCup
20-21: StanelyCup
21-22: Cup Final
Florida is saving hockey
9:30 LOL Mitch Marner coff coff Huberdeau rockstar shit quote
HAHAHAHAHAH had to
Bill ziti saved our team. Best gm in the LEAGUE
Somehow still didn’t get GM of the year time for another cup run
Zito is not an *unsung* hero in South Florida - at least not to the dedicated fans. We know all too well what it’s like to be under horrible management.
I wish the Jackets still had Bill Zito. Dude has had very few misses in his time in Fort Lauderdale and is just an awesome dude and smart person. Even if the Panthers can't resign their core pieces and aren't the same team next year and down the line to come the way he was able to quickly elevate this team from solid competitors to cup winners is a success for that franchise in my opinion.
Everyone would want Bill Zito right now! At least Columbus got rid of Jarmo and have a proven guy.
@@MikeBartner True true. Of course in hindsight it's easy to say that but at least now Waddell has a direction he's taking the team in now.
Jerseys suck tho can we get something less footbally and military please?!?!?!
Jesus Christ this guys vocab. Love the passion and the analysis but “god damn” say anything else
Emil Heineman is the goat in NHL 22
You missed Niko Mikkola
I heard that Chiarot trade was pushed by some assistant GM who got fired in the next offseason. It was the most unZito-ish Zito move.
RIP Capfriendly
Ice Kitties Went Roar
Caps win in 18
Bolts win in 20/21
Cats win in 24
*Patiently waiting for the canes to win like our SE brethren*
(We’re gonna be out in round 2 / Swept in ECF)
Panthers fan here 👋🏼. Would love to have canes join the winners circle. I’m actually getting married in Wilmington. I love North Carolina
Saying that Tampa didn’t want to sign him would be false
How the Frick did Zito not win GM of the year?
I luv you
Luv you too boss
Sam Bennett was one of the best trades in years
He scares my honestly idk what it is
Definitely has an intense look to him
@@MikeBartnerI love his passion. remember him smashing those water bottles this cup finals? Holy cow 😂. Makes the sport much more exciting
It's like being in a state with ZERO INCOME TAX (resulting in players being willing to sign for less with their take home pay being more than even a million + more deal elsewhere leaving you with more money to sigh quality depth is a HUGE advantage in building a cup winning team in a hard cap system like the NHL currently has) AND GOOD WEATHER YEAR ROUND helps tremendously! Who'd have thunk it?!?!
Copium
“sign less” yet they have almost 30 million invested in just 3 players in Bob, Barkov, and Tkachuk lol not to mention the Ekblad contract it’s a lot fucking more than taxes.
@@dave2sick LOL, Florida's my second favorite team dumb@$$! It's just a fact!. Players signing for less means more ability to sign cup caliber depth! Period!
Then why did they f*cking suck for two decades when they also had those "massive" advantages. Every market has their select advantages and almost all of them are massively overblown. For example Zach Hyman literally refused to sign with them in 2015 forcing his way out despite those advantages.
As I said in the response that you deleted ( for some reason hmm...) Because they were an expansion team and the first decade was in a non-cap NHL (Meaning the small market teams couldn't compete.) These resulted in a less than impressive resulting the ice. They weren't even great after the new cap era began because no established player wanted to play for them because they sucked (even with the income tax incentive). Through a bit of luck, they were able to acquire a group of players and management that worked!
If you look at the final four of last year's playoffs, you'll see that 3 of the 4 teams were from states with zero income tax (Dallas, Vegas, Florida) with Carolina being the only exception. That is no coincidence. Building team depth and acquiring big impact guys is the key to building a solid all around team with DEPTH! When depth (and star player as well) are able to be signed for millions less (because the income tax advantage allows them to have a higher take home salary than if they signed for even millions more in non income tax exempt states), it is a HUUGE advantage when building a cap compliant cup contender! Period!
They basically were a group of "castoffs" (As they were even specifically called during the playoffs a couple seasons ago) that ended up clicking and working. Just like Vegas (another team from another state with no income tax state hmm...) being called the "Misfits". As a result of the team's vast improvement and the tax incentive, they could now attract players that would have never even looked their direction before. You think Tkachuk or Bob would've ever looked at them before their late '10's renaissance? 😂😂
Not trying to be a douche but it's annoying how many people don't see this and call it out! BTW, actually love this channel! The Isles are my 3rd favorite team besides TOR and FLA.