Rich Eisen on the Florida Panthers’ Long Journey from Laughingstock to Stanley Cup Champions
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- Опубликовано: 24 июн 2024
- Rich Eisen reacts to the Florida Panthers winning their first Stanley Cup with a Game 7 win over the Connor McDavid and Edmonton Oilers.
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Rich, we need more hockey talk. It’s the most underrated sport in the country.
I love hockey. No one cares. Won't be discussed again.
hell yeah
He doesn't know enough about hockey to talk about it. Some sports host...
@@softjones3128 Millions care. The NHL has the 5th highest revenue out of all the sports leagues in the world. Outside of America only the Premier league generates more revenue. That's with horrendous marketing by NHL owners and Gary Bettman. If you are a sports talk show you should be talking about a sport as prominent as hockey.
@@mr.brenman2132although Bettman did help hockey grow. Before Bettman, there was John Ziegler in the 1970’s and 1980’s mostly. The NHL did not even have a national television network contract. I remember watching the Stanley Cup champion finals in 1989 when the Calgary Flames won and even in 1991 when the Pittsburgh Penguins won on Sportschannel America which was a cable network. Gary Bettman at least able to get the NHL on national tv in prime time especially for the playoffs. But I agree the NHL still needs to market the players better.
Born and raised in Fort Lauderdale. Been a Cats fan since I was a kid. Never, EVER thought this day would come. Just left Elbo Room down by the beach and had some beer poured on me. SURREAL.
GO CATS GO!!!!
Ha. Me too! FTL. My brother-in-law had his replica Stanley Cup drinking beer out of it there with everyone 😂 Good times. GO CATS! What a team.
We've come a long way from the ol Miami Arena! LORD STANLEY RESIDES IN SOUTH FLORIDA!!!
Not a Panthers fan, but I am happy you got a chip.
Congrats dude! As a Blues fan I completely understand that feeling. Enjoy the hell out of this. I'm stoked for Tarasenko and Tkachuk.
I live in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Proud of the Florida Panthers and Coach Maurice. Congratulations to the Florida Panthers and the city of Fort Lauderdale
WE'RE STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS MAN 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
I still remember how loud that Miami Arena used to be during that 96 run... Forever a Panthers Fan !!
Me too
Us cats fans are used to losing, sucking, never making the playoffs. I used to say “at least the tickets are cheap, and the people are good”
Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined this day (until last season, of course)
Thought I might be 90 before I saw this.
God bless the Cats.
Haha right now the ticket 🎟️ prices gunna skyrocket 😂.
@@michaelcarson121 I’m happy with that outcome hahhaha
I'm a Cats fan for a long time. I was used to the losing. But it didn't matter. I listen to Panthers game on the radio and the Panthers accompany me through lonely nights.
@@michaelcarson121I said the same thing .. rip to my seats LOL
So happy for the Florida Panthers! They deserved it!
leafs fan here im so happy for Roberto Luongo and Coach Maurice and Bob .
I loved Coach' Maurice's comment "We had to lose 3 to learn how to win 4!" Panthers fan since 1996 and I may or may not have cried when the game clock hit 0:00 last night! And for a totally different reason than last year! :)
Panthers are a tightly knit international family - Canadians, Americans, Finns, Russians, Swedes stood shoulder to shoulder - what a role model for global policy makers! This sport brings people together rather sowing strife between them!
Life long panther fan here, i started playing hockey because of the success of the panthers in mid 90s. After that, they have been absolutely horrific for many many years. He just said it: it took them a quarter of a century to win a playoff series. I remember reading an article back in 2011 which pertained the top ten most irrelevant pro teams in North America. The Florida panthers were number 1. I think we can finally say they no longer belong on that list!
I’m not even an avid fan of hockey and I tuned into this series! That was one of the best game 7s I’ve ever watched! 🤩 ❤
there's nothing better than playoff hockey!
Cause you’ve watched soooo many right? Farming for likes is wild in 2024
@@Glazeseverythingbutdonuts I watch football, basketball and baseball. I almost never follow hockey because I’m from The Bay and The Sharks are always a huge disappointment. 🦈 💔
@@Glazeseverythingbutdonuts Dude,why you trolling?
@@41italia it's one of the best
As a fan from day one and someone who is covered the team on RUclips for eight seasons and over 2500 videos I can tell you that it is a far superior feeling than what you actually think it's going to feel like. No matter what you will always be Stanley Cup champions.
Congrats Jaws! Very happy for you and all Panther fans!
And yes, when my Blues won in 2019, it was even better than I thought it would be!
Enjoy it -- it's well deserved!
I felt great when my team, the Blues, won it in 2019. They have been my team since I was a kid. Happy that you are getting to experience it as well. o
5:10 such an amazing picture that captures just how amazing this sport is.
There are two Stanley Cups - one in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto and the other in South Florida. Congrats Florida!
There are 3 Cups.
I was happy for Roberto Luongo after never getting The Cup in his playing days, losing a game 7 with the Canucks, finally getting to hoist it. You could see years of stress lift from his face in his postgame interview.
Same, he deserves to hoist Lord Stanley's Cup. Hated him when the Blackhawks had their 3 title runs. But God damn was he incredible.
Surprised I didn't hear Brockman talk about Tatum and Tkachuk being classmates in St. Louis both winning championships this year.
Ya pretty freaking awesome
Everyone is talking about hockey thanks to that crazy series and I'm loving it.
Great job Rich... Thank you for not missing the amazing story that is the Florida Panthers... and Paul Maurice's story and speech.
I cried like a baby.
Here for more hockey discussion…love it!!
Been a fan since day one ❤❤
Florida, I believe, has the two best coaches in the NHL. Heady , smart, articulate, and all-around good guys. Good for him. He paid his dues. Congratulations, Paul Maurice !
I realized Paul Maurice was all class and great coach in 1997 when he was coach for Whalers. So happy for him now.
When you talk about Maurice winning the Cup, that is the love and history Canadians have for the Cup...and the Party that ensues after is very Canadian
Love this show and the respect it gives to sports
America’s Hat having to wait yet another year for a chance to bring the cup back…….Priceless!
The Cup is always in Canada. lol I'm not into that trope.
@NatoBro @ last report the cup is in the Atlantic Ocean being handled around by teammates and fans of the Panthers.
@@bourbontrail565Stanley spends all summer with the winning team but in the end he comes back to Front and Yonge and the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.....
You all have a good time with it.
Canada does not deserve a cup . speaking as a leafs fan for 39 years , keep it down south . Look how we treat our countrymen up here , we do not deserve it .
@@marklittle8805Last year the Golden Knights had the most Canadian born players so the Cup spent alot of time up there last summer especially in Manitoba.
Wanted the Oil...But...Love Paul Maurice, followed his path for many a year so It's nice to see him get a cup! Also, The Cat's certainly deserved it...Awesome team! Nice job boys!
Happy for Paul... Class Guy!!!
Thanks for the hockey talk. Great seeing both Florida teams gain hockey support and growth over the years. I remember seeing Panthers games empty and thinking should they be relocated. They got a winning team built up and its paid off. Congrats to the Panthers. All around great team and coach.
I’m a Lightning fan and I still remember when they won it all for the first time all the way back in 2004. Now 20 years later the other Florida team based in the Miami area (I know they’re technically in the suburb of Sunrise) has won their first title as well. Overall in the past 25 years there’s been a handful of warm weather/southern teams winning it all in hockey
I'm happy to see this. I remember the Colorado Rockies and Florida Panthers coming into their respective leagues in 1993 and as a Detroit native and fan of all of Detroit sports found myself rooting for both teams. Good on ya boys! 🤟
Beautifully spoken segment
Decades of very lean years between that 96 finals appearance and this championship,they needed this!!
The eastern conference runs through the state of florida. Either the lightning or the panthers made the cup finals the last five seasons, winning three of the five
If you count everything all-time Florida based teams are 4-4 in the Stanley Cup Final which making it 8 times in 28 years is quite impressive especially with the recent success both of the teams have achieved.
And out of 5 appearances by Florida teams, 2 of the wins came against Canadian teams. Additionally when the Lightning won their 1st Cup, it was also against a Canadian team.
@@thebikewatcher9819 I still remember that one against Calgary and 2003 was my first year following sports which I became hooked on the Lightning and stayed a fan the whole way ever since. I didn’t pay attention to players but looking back they had a franchise player named Martin St. Louis who played for that championship team.
I’ve seen the Marlins win it all. The Bucs. Now the Panthers.. Dolphins. Let’s make Florida proud for a change
Lightning struck twice.
lightning
@@scoop1127Lightning are 3x Cup champs.
We got a hockey team in South Florida when I was 10 years old. I've waited 30 years for this. Sadly, all I'm seeing is disrespect from people in the north. But you know what makes me feel better? Watching Sasha lift that cup on constant replay. It was worth the wait.
My friend, I waited 42 years to get a Cup in Chicago. Now I'm here in Kentucky wearing my Tkachuk 2023 Stanley Cup jersey. I told my hockey buddies in February that anything short of the Cup this year would be a disappointment for this Panthers team. How hard is it just to get back to the final! I'm very happy for fans like yourself. Cat Cup! Let's Go Panthers!
Thank you Rich. We deserve it. We've suffered enough. Now...we're a championship town in the NHL!
Funny that for the last 5 years a south Florida team is in the Finals. Go Panthers
Don’t forget the Panthers feeder team, The Everblades, just won their 3rd consecutive Kelly Cup
The Stanley Cup Playoffs are a fucking grind for a players and for a fans. The ups and downs, momentum shifts, overtimes etc. When Pens lost the finals in '08 i was absolutely devastated, two months and you end up with nothing. And then when they won in 2009... best summer of my life. It feels like YOU won it, even though you were just watching it on a screen on the other side of the Earth. That feeling when clock strikes 0:00... Unreal. Cherish it, Panthers fans, you just never know if and when it will happen again.
UTree said it best, the best hockey is playoff hockey
Go Cats!!!!!
MIAMI DOLPHINS YOU ARE ON THE CLOCK.
Paul Maurice is real stand up guy, so humble and down to earth type of person. Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮🇫🇮
LOVE when Rich talks hockey
As a Washington Cap Fan, CONGRATULATIONS!!! KUDOS!!! It feels Good Doesn’t it?!!! Enjoy!!! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏🥰
I gotta say Bill Lindsay is mr.Panther. I was a student at the university of Miami, I bought a ticket to the very first home game in Panthers ' history (penguins 2 cats 1, one goal scored by Marty Straka). Been addicted ever since.
Thank you and much love from Italy
as a canadian i was rooting for Edmonton but seeing Paul Maurice finally get a cup, love that guy
Love it that Leafs fans will forever be remembered as saying we want Florida, what they meant is they want the actual team in Toronto
Bought my 1st Panthers jersey in 1993 the same week I bought Pearl Jam Vs .... I still have them both
Goddamn, the 90s ruled. Love my Panthers and that album.
Miami joins a rather exclusive club with this Stanley Cuo win: they join the list of cities who have won major championships in all of the four major men’s team sports.
It’s a short list, too: Boston, Chicago, New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, Washington, and now Miami - with an honourable mention to Toronto who has the most Grey Cup victories in the Canadian Football League’s history. Those stories would make a great book considering some of the superstars in all major sports who played on all those teams.
They don't play in Miami. Neither do the Dolphins, actually. Just say South Florida.
@@autistica1 Oh. So you’re saying that Staten Island, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Manhattan aren’t actually all part of New York City? You’re saying Rosemount or South Chicago isn’t Chicago? You’re saying Forth Worth and Arlington aren’t parts of Dallas? You’re saying Hollywood and Venice aren’t a part of the Greater Los Angeles Area? You’re saying Alexandria, Bethesda, Germantown, Georgetown and Chevy Chase aren’t parts of Washington? Surely you’re not saying Mississauga, Scarborough, Etobicoke and Oshawa aren’t a part of Toronto? Are you? Miami is different because Sunrise somehow isn’t part of the Greater Miami Area?
I guess you needed to have a say though. Goodie for you. Would you like a cookie now? Here’s a nice cookie for you, made with love from Shaddup dough and Oppositional Chocolate Chips.
The major metropolitan area is known as ‘Miami’, not ‘South Florida’ to most humans who don’t feel the need to drill down to minuscule semantics. Go away now.
I need to get my picture with the Cup, somehow someway. As a former Florida Jr. Panthers player, it would mean the world to me.
Would love more hockey talk on the show!
I was a Hartford Whalers fan , we know about years with no Cup. I love 2 teams now. Carolina as Whalers went to And Panthers. Love the Cup in South Florida. Hope the Panthers create a dynasty. 💆♂
CONGRATS PANTHERS 🎉🎉🎉.
California, Florida, Nevada, and Texas have all had teams win the Stanley Cup more recently than a team from Canada has. 31 years and counting.
The narrative used to be for a long time that southern/warm weather teams can’t compete in the NHL and won’t ever win titles. Now we’ve had a good handful of them winning it all in recent years. It’s about time they all start getting a lot more respect.
He's the reason they did not crumble in game 7 after losing all the momentum and their confidence from games 4-6. He was even keel in every press conference leading up to game 7. He genuinely believed in his boys and I'm sure that was the difference maker for all of them.
Pavel Bure was amazing
Finally, since they won, as a panthers fan i can feel good when i admit our team was a "joke". I used to be in denial but the last few years made me realize just how good the team could be.
LETS GO CATS
I love when teams get their first title. I hope my Arizona Cardinals do it soon
The only thing harder for Rich than talking about hockey is saying panthers without putting Carolina in front
When you win lord stanleys cup your name goes on it, how cool is that
It feels so freaking good to win. Thank you cats so much
Tampa resident and Lightning fan. Never thought I'd root for Florida. Never. But, when it got to the finals, I'd rather see a team who's never got a cup. So, now that they do. I'll never root for Florida again. Unless they face Boston. I may have Florida, but compared to Boston. Saints.
And crazy that Tampa and Panthers have been in the finals 5 years in a row now. I think it's 5. The 2 Tampa cup wins then losing the 3rd. And now Florida loosing and now winning.
This is only going to make our rivalry better. its always more fun when either team can win.
I've rooted against Tampa so many times, even in their own building. But when it comes down to it, even as a Panthers lifer, I root for Tampa against Canada or Boston or New York. Southern hockey belongs.
Don’t forget the Panthers feeder team either . The Everblades out of Fort Myers, just won their 3rd consecutive Kelly Cup.
Florida owns hockey
A lot of dirtbaggery by the Oilers. Relying on their power play and the officials refusing to assign majors. Note, it was their grinders that provided most of their game deciding goals. They are lucky to get as far as they did. Also, who can honestly say that McDavid was the most valuable player in this series??? Bobrovsky was the backbone of this Panthers Team in every series.
Pretty crazy! I always stand by this; that Florida is the best state in the country. The people are as Americana as you can be. They believe in protecting their kids, taking care of their families, law and order, and working hard to achieve the American dream.
The most beautiful trophy in all of sports. Full stop. It's not even a contest.
well said RE
I feel overjoyed the Oilers lost! Also very happy for Bob -- eliminating the idiot Laviolette with the Rangers, who didn't believe in him in Philly, then hoisting the Cup in a victorious Game 7.
I always knew that they were going to win the cup for years now
Panthers!!!
It’s about time you talk about hockey.
Let's Go Panthers !!!!! 😆
I can never see the puck. Can they make it bigger or color it?
PANTHERS BABY 🏆🐀😤
Thank you! 😊
Man, for as little as (all) the 'usual' sports talk shows (looking at you, FS1, in particular) talk about one of the most exciting sports in the world, but go on and on and on about 🏀 (one that, IMO, is one of the most boring) and somehow want to compare it to football, when _obviously_ it is way more like hockey (minus the net minder, of course) is... well it just shows a frustrating level of ignorance, bias, and indifference.
I knew Eisen & co. would pay respect to the game and its championship.
But even still, for the past two + months (again, on all the usuals) 97% basketball playoffs and _MAYBE_ 3% on the NHL playoffs; which, again (IMO)... so much more exciting.
Thanks again for covering
- all the bases. 😅
I’m a fan of another team that did not make the playoffs. I’ve been listening as it’s better that way listening to Doug what a treat plus Bill. Now I am happy to say big fan of the Panthers you did it when so many were saying EDM would win I don’t think so game over. Enjoy your much deserved hoist of your Cup🏒🥅
MORE HOCKEY. PLEASE.
Why so no one talking about the white panther king tkachuk!
Rich Eisen can talk about something besides the NFL? Who knew?
The Soo are so good.
Glad the 12 Florida fans showed up.
And those 12 are CHAMPS!
I'm glad you showed up to cry about it.
Florida Panthers have loyal core of great fans who have supported the team since the 1990’s when they originated in the NHL. Now, hockey will continue to grow even more in South Florida.
Did you think of that joke all by yourself
That's an old joke now
You guys seem star-struck by the Stanley Cup and we don't even get 10 minutes about hockey and the Championship? Bummer.
As a Flames fan, I couldn't be happier for the Panthers, and the POS Oilers...
Thought Rich was going to make a Jets parallel at some point. No playoff series wins... and then he didn't bite the apple. There is hope for him.
way to avoid an Epic, Embarrassing and Historic meltdown last night, Florida...
I miss Hockey
🇺🇲💪💪
Hardest trophy in all of sport to win. I tip my cap to the Florida Panthers
MELAWNBY LOLOLOLOLOL
We got the cup and since we’re Floridians .. we literally don’t know what to do with it
Welp .. In the ocean it goes
Thanks for decent coverage Steve. Can’t say the same for ESPNs coverage of the Panthers. Pathetic homers
Most people forget they were in 1996 Stanley Cup finals, so when were they laughing stocks ?
They were swept 4 straight by the Avalanche and didn't win a playoff series again until 2022 that's probably why they have been called a laughing stock
From 1997 to about 2010’s… I mean, as a panthers fan since 1996, I have to admit, they were pretty bad lol😂
Canadians weren't looking down on the Panther's team; there are, after all, 13 Canadian born players on the team, including, Bennett, Reinhart, Verhaeghe, Ekblad, Montour, and of course, the coach Maurice. We're going to see plenty of of the Stanley Cup in Canada this summer.
Bring the whalers back!!
There are no plans for future expansion and no team is going to relocate there
@@michaelleroy9281 regardless would be nice.
Doesn’t this take air time away from some nonsensical NFL offseason storyline?
Ha! Yeah,and no Brawny and Labron nonsense either.
You mean like aaron Rodgers?
FLORIDA OWNS THE SUN !
Metaforically they do now.
Congratz !!
Panthers were never a laughingstock, they just weren't relevant. It would take centuries to find a better example of a laughing stock team than the Leafs.
Between 1993 and 2023 the Leafs won as many Stanley Cups as the Panthers 0
@@michaelleroy9281 Yeah, but Leafs being totally dominated by Boston for decades makes them a joke. Leafs will consistently drag series out to 7 just to throw it away as well.
It’s raining rats! Hallelujah! 🐀
😂😂😂
These past 24-36 hours of flapping heads has made me realize how many incompetent people are talking hockey after this cup. From Rich to Shannon sharpe to Steven A. It’s ridiculous
Hockey had the only postseason I enjoyed watching this year.
The NBA was absolutely terrible and boring, and the NFL felt almost scripted. People out there like to say both leagues are rigged, and the way the refs influenced games this year in Basketball and Football.... Can't say I blame them.
Congrats to the Panthers, that was a hell of playoffs, a hell of a run, and a hell of a Final series against a great Edmonton team. They were the best team from start to finish and they absolutely deserved it.
nfl was depressing started off so promising with the lions beating the chiefs week 1. The chiefs had their "worst" regular season of the mahomes era, there were a whole bunch of teams in the playoffs that haven't won a superbowl (lions,bills, browns,texans) as well as a few that havent'won in a while. And then the superbowl ended up being a repeat of a few years ago with the chiefs beating the 49ers and officially becoming the new patriots
I'm happy for the team (players and organization), but the "fans", eh not so much. Okay maybe I'm a little happy for the 3 "true" fans that you could always see in the stands, before the team became relevant. But that's about it.
FFP!
Beat your Rangers too eh. Stick to NFL Eisen. You know a little more about it. BTW Panthers fans were in a Frenzy for that game 7
I'm happy to see McDavid NOT winning the cup.
😂😂😂
Why?
@@davidleary4524 because he's an overrated crybaby who's never going to win the cup.
@nugglife3035 Glad you can see into the future. Overrated? He's easily the best player in the game.
@@davidleary4524 The 3rd period rolled in and Mcdavid vanished. No shots in the period. He may very well turn out to be a great,but he's gotta take over games when it means the most.
@user-km2br8uc8d He's already great. They don't win games 4 and 5 without him. Those guys had nothing left at the end of game 7.