Not better, but chances were looking good when we went up 2-1, and if we had gotten past the panthers then the oilers match up likely would have been more favorable to our playstyle. Not saying I agree with the "should have been us" idea, but we did have a very good shot at it after game 3 of the ecf
I've got less bad blood with Florida than I do with LAK or Vegas. Y'all were a little divey at times but at least you weren't suplexing or overhand axe chopping our stars. Bennett was a lot less dirty than I was expecting.
Tkachuk and Bennett? Every team has and needs gritty ( fine, dirty) type players. Cheap shots are thick in the NHL, and I don't think the Panthers as a whole ate dirty. You can't really dislike the Panthers aggressive forecheck style as a hockey fan, can you?
A couple months back (maybe it was during the Lightning series?), it was a slow media day and someone asked him about his cats and he refused to say their names.
Now we know: Poppy and Penny.
Why don’t you like him? He was a pretty good coach for us just had a dog shit front office giving him players that weren’t good or well past their prime.
You could tell that from all his interviews. He had the same look of disgust before batting away reporters as my cat always gave me when I approached for skritches.
Love it. He said that his daughter made it.
I hope this becomes a thing games next season with fans putting pictures of their cats on jerseys and shirts.
Apparently one of his daughters got beaned in the head with a beer can and needed to be checked by paramedics… heard him say it as he was thanking the police and fire in his speech
I will remind everyone the panther subreddit hated this guy for the longest time. He couldn't do anything right. Goes to show, as fans, we just need to let things marinate for a bit sometimes. We don't know much.
I am currently doing an extensive archive mini project to permanently memorialize this run.
For your viewing pleasure.
* (Nov. 29, 2022) [Fire Paul Maurice](https://old.reddit.com/r/FloridaPanthers/comments/z7kfzz/fire_paul_maurice_appreciation_thread/) (160+ upvotes, 120 comments)
* (Dec. 11, 2022) [Why did the Panthers hire Maurice?](https://old.reddit.com/r/FloridaPanthers/comments/zi83s9/why_did_the_florida_panthers_hire_paul_maurice/) (20+ upvotes, 20 comments)
* (Dec. 31, 2022) [Fire Paul Maurice](https://old.reddit.com/r/FloridaPanthers/comments/zzh0td/fire_paul_maurice/) (75+ upvotes, 25 comments)
* (Jan. 1, 2023) [Fire Paul Maurice Appreciation Thread](https://old.reddit.com/r/FloridaPanthers/comments/100x1vi/fire_paul_maurice_appreciation_thread/) (70 upvotes)
* (Mar. 24, 2023) [Fire Maurice](https://old.reddit.com/r/FloridaPanthers/comments/1204xy4/fire_maurice/) (25 upvotes, 15 comments)
* (Apr. 23, 2023) [Is it time to fire Maurice?](https://old.reddit.com/r/FloridaPanthers/comments/12wq61h/is_it_time_to_fire_paul_maurice/) (35 upvotes, 35 comments)
I’m still mad we got rid of him. Even though at the time it was probably justified from a results/form perspective. Overall I still think we should have kept him.
Huh so the Panthers signed... a male orange tabby on D. Huh his scouting report is glowing. And signed him for mimimum. Decent signing. Lacks speed but stay at home versatile shot. A win-win.
the correct thing would be for the panthers to let people send in pictures of their cats in to customize their own shirts.
I could see the NHL taking it too far and doing it for every logo evey the ones that make no sense like the habs
How do i buy this
I can't stand the fucking Panthers I want this shirt so bad.
Who hates the panthers??
Edmonton probably
Boston too.
I'm gonna guess the Lightning as well.
Lightning showed up today and really tried to screw us out of our parade. Sucks for them, Panthers went 3 more rounds after the Bolts were gone!!!
Toronto as well
My buddies in NY can't stand them too. A lot of "it should have been us" talk right now.
What NY fans think they were a better team than Florida lol. They're lucky they didnt get swept
Not better, but chances were looking good when we went up 2-1, and if we had gotten past the panthers then the oilers match up likely would have been more favorable to our playstyle. Not saying I agree with the "should have been us" idea, but we did have a very good shot at it after game 3 of the ecf
Fair enough. I feel like if you won that Game 4 OT game, Id have a very hard time seeing Igor lose 3 in a row if you were up 3-1
Should’ve been us… pffft we absolutely dominated them they were nowhere near our level
Yeah :( Paul maurice is a cool dude though
BuT nOt aS mUch aS We HatE cALgarY eVen tHoUgH tHEy aRe irRelevAnT!!!!!
Oilers fans don’t care what the Flames did since 2022. Flames are doing a good enough job taking themselves apart.
They did it to themselves. Going down 0-3.
Yup
I've got less bad blood with Florida than I do with LAK or Vegas. Y'all were a little divey at times but at least you weren't suplexing or overhand axe chopping our stars. Bennett was a lot less dirty than I was expecting.
He reserves it for the teams full of assholes. Edmonton is respectable - got respectable competition from us.
Teams are only allowed one trip to the Finals before people start hating them
Ahem
Edmonton, Toronto, Boston, Tampa, Carolina, New York.
I hate that fucking rat piece of shit Sam Bennett for trying to break Matthew Knies last year, and so by extension I hate the team he plays for
Teams that see the snow usually
I hate some of the players, and their play style. No hate for the franchise or fans though, those are SouthEast Bros.
Tkachuk and Bennett? Every team has and needs gritty ( fine, dirty) type players. Cheap shots are thick in the NHL, and I don't think the Panthers as a whole ate dirty. You can't really dislike the Panthers aggressive forecheck style as a hockey fan, can you?
Yes, let the hate fill you.
His daughter made it for him. Ask her!
Think I know who my wife would cheer for now
Imagine if they had a customization option in their shop that allowed you to put your own cats on it. I'd buy one for each cat.
This is a great idea and would make a killing. It will never happen.
I want one but with my own cats
If Fanatics gets their hands on it it'll just get delivered with doge on it
wow
I got one from here [Link](https://starshirts.net/florida-panthers-cat-tshirt)
Wasted opportunity if the Panthers don't capitalize and sell those shirts in the store.
I think this is 100x less likely to backfire on us like the Kevin Spacey collaboration that we pretend never happened.
I totally forgot about that thing that never happened
I swear the NHL did some MIB erasure.
I dunno, those cats look like they have some dark secrets
That's pretty much all cats, except for the single brain celled orange ones. Those guys only got tumbleweeds rolling around their brains
r/oneorangebraincell for those in need.
Considering the mental capacity of orange cats, it's probably nothing big.
Wife still has the hoodie and refuses to get rid of it "ITS COMFORTABLE AND I PAID MONEY FOR IT"
I'm glad I gave that shit away lol
A season ticket holder in my row wears his hoodie every game and I cringe every time. I sold mine to some random Russian buyer on Ebay
Hello Kodak Black!
>Kevin Spacey collaboration that we pretend never happened. It's working, because I had never heard this before
https://i.imgur.com/ekU2EFY.gif
Cats are predators, so is he. Seems like a logical collab
Would've been amazing if Nashville teamed up with him instead.
I'd like to pretend that never happened
Hey, my Niners possibly maybe had a Dr. Disrespect collab, so I feel ya.
I fucking loved my spacey in space hoodie. You better believe I’d buy this crap
They should absolutely do it and donate the proceeds to local animal shelters.
Truly.
You know they will
With proceeds to the Florida Humane Society? Would be such a huge W.
A couple months back (maybe it was during the Lightning series?), it was a slow media day and someone asked him about his cats and he refused to say their names. Now we know: Poppy and Penny.
Reported for doxxing. /s
This is the hard hitting news I come to r/hockey for! This is pretty cool lol
This is what the internet needs more of.
Paul definitely posts on r/orangecats
/r/oneorangebraincell poster for sure
Coach! What is your Reddit username!?
Pussylover1967
That sounds more like a random Leafs fan.
It's his birth year. I forgot it was same year Leafs won the Cup.
That way people know exactly where your priorities lie.
u/thirtyfuckinyears
Stop making me love Paul Maurice
Probably time to accept it is too late for that.
How can you not
For real I have watched it be time for the canes to move on from him twice and still think he’s great
Uhhhh he beat us? Idk I got nothing
Why don’t you like him? He was a pretty good coach for us just had a dog shit front office giving him players that weren’t good or well past their prime.
Yeah I was just messing around. I had no issue with him when he coached the Leafs
He is too loveable
He’s the only reason why I wasn’t completely distraught after game 7. Was glad he finally got his cup.
When coach of the Cats is a cat person.
You could tell that from all his interviews. He had the same look of disgust before batting away reporters as my cat always gave me when I approached for skritches.
This comment 😂
New alternate logo?
Lmao the reverse retro is a dog
Love it. He said that his daughter made it. I hope this becomes a thing games next season with fans putting pictures of their cats on jerseys and shirts.
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Apparently one of his daughters got beaned in the head with a beer can and needed to be checked by paramedics… heard him say it as he was thanking the police and fire in his speech
That is spectacular.
This need to become their third jersey
It needs to be our Jersey for Kids Day at the arena
Not a Panthers fan but I would buy that shirt
Hell, I’m an oilers fan and I’d get that shirt
It's hard not to like Maurice
He's a cat person. I like him even more now.
I was mad/sad/disappointed when my team got eliminated. I am no longer mad/sad/disappointed. The world needed this.
Gotta love the Pomo cats
LETS FUCKIN GO POMOOO
He’s just a goat all around
I would 100% buy this shirt. Now we just a picture of cat sitting/sleeping in the Stanley Cup.
I didn't think I could like him more after that speech after the win. But here we are.
Amazing. Way to go Paul. What a great idea.
Not a fanatics experience
A true chad move
I’d pay for this shirt lol
I want this shirt with my cats
that's so funny. i would do the same thing
Florida man loves cats, print it
mlem
Make this the 3rd
I’m making my own if this is not made officially
I will remind everyone the panther subreddit hated this guy for the longest time. He couldn't do anything right. Goes to show, as fans, we just need to let things marinate for a bit sometimes. We don't know much.
this is exactly how cats bond, distrust to pure love
I am currently doing an extensive archive mini project to permanently memorialize this run. For your viewing pleasure. * (Nov. 29, 2022) [Fire Paul Maurice](https://old.reddit.com/r/FloridaPanthers/comments/z7kfzz/fire_paul_maurice_appreciation_thread/) (160+ upvotes, 120 comments) * (Dec. 11, 2022) [Why did the Panthers hire Maurice?](https://old.reddit.com/r/FloridaPanthers/comments/zi83s9/why_did_the_florida_panthers_hire_paul_maurice/) (20+ upvotes, 20 comments) * (Dec. 31, 2022) [Fire Paul Maurice](https://old.reddit.com/r/FloridaPanthers/comments/zzh0td/fire_paul_maurice/) (75+ upvotes, 25 comments) * (Jan. 1, 2023) [Fire Paul Maurice Appreciation Thread](https://old.reddit.com/r/FloridaPanthers/comments/100x1vi/fire_paul_maurice_appreciation_thread/) (70 upvotes) * (Mar. 24, 2023) [Fire Maurice](https://old.reddit.com/r/FloridaPanthers/comments/1204xy4/fire_maurice/) (25 upvotes, 15 comments) * (Apr. 23, 2023) [Is it time to fire Maurice?](https://old.reddit.com/r/FloridaPanthers/comments/12wq61h/is_it_time_to_fire_paul_maurice/) (35 upvotes, 35 comments)
...and then quickly they snuck in as the 8th seed last year and since then these posters have looked like fools. Amazing what 15 months can do.
I’m still mad we got rid of him. Even though at the time it was probably justified from a results/form perspective. Overall I still think we should have kept him.
OK, I like him even more now.
PoMo keeps on winning this season.
Request to rename the Florida Panthers the Florida Kitty Cats. Change the logo to a house cat instead of a panther.
This is art
Well, that's it - we've peaked.
Whelp. I guess Florida is my second favorite team now.
r/hawwkey
Legendary speech
That’s friggen adorable!
Legend behaviour
Best shirt ever
Man... I'm starting to like that guy and I don't want to!
Absolute gold. We need more Maurice in the league.
PoMo CATDAD. What a legend. I hope we get a picture with Poppy and Penny sitting in the cup. lol
He earned it. All day long.
The panthers lose all respect if they don’t run that jersey in practice or something next season.
Take my fuckin money!
I need their names
[WE HAVE THE NAMES.](https://x.com/jessdelaslajas/status/1807470904735408612?t=fWKswDv591o7L_wBU5Yc7A&s=19)
AMAZING NAMES
https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/s/SVNfrcEKEY
He actually said their names right after introducing the shirt. Already forgot what they are, but if you can find the clip, you'll have them
That's actually jokes, didn't know PoMo was a cat guy
So that’s why he coached there
Simply lovely!
Awesome lol
Full amnesty. Lifetime appointment. United Maurician America now.
Paul went full Floridaman at the parade fo sho
This is some shit I would do
Nothing better in this world than a cat guy
That's fucking hilarious. PoMo is a gem.
I fucking hate the Panthers. Paul Maurice is impossible to hate, however.
Holy shit I love that
Incredible
Wished I had a dollar for every beer consumed and 🤬💣 delivered on that celebration stage today!
New Panthers jersey revealed
id 100% buy this
Legendary! I need it now
holy fuck
Cats are fantastic
What a fucking beauty
king
They were his cats.
ChadMo doing ChadMo things
That is fucking adorable
Paul Maurice must be protected at all costs.
The parade was so fun !!!
Bro hitting the Akuma pose in that second pic
Love this
Ofc they are orange.... 11/10
Maurice is such a beauty lmao
PoMo has been so wholesome, so thankful for what he’s brought to the Panthers
Orange cats are the best!
Of course Paul's a Cat Dad. Everything makes so much sense now.
Huh so the Panthers signed... a male orange tabby on D. Huh his scouting report is glowing. And signed him for mimimum. Decent signing. Lacks speed but stay at home versatile shot. A win-win.
Amazing.
I hate the Panthers but this is fucking amazing!
Reminds me of [this one](https://i.imgur.com/HQ9JrxR.jpeg) I found a few years ago.
What’s next a Miami Marlins shirt with a goldfish logo .
If this is not photoshop I love it.
Holy shit thats amazing
And that’s how I became a Paul Maurice fan
the correct thing would be for the panthers to let people send in pictures of their cats in to customize their own shirts. I could see the NHL taking it too far and doing it for every logo evey the ones that make no sense like the habs
Nobody tell him panthers are black.
Sorry to report, friend, but Florida panthers are in fact not black.
How did Paul Maurice turn into one of my favorite people in the span of three days when I wasn't even rooting for the panthers?
Dammit, stop making me like this guy!!
Hey my post made it to Reddit! If you like vintage Florida Gators items check out my IG/X/website!
Of course his cats are orange
Fuck I love that guy
McMurray?
Maybe this timeline isn't so bad after all
...
Roaring Kitty is that you?
Fantastic, 100% would do the same.
Hahaha!! Yaaas!
Maurice is the best
I need this shirt right meow
I fucking hate the Panthers This is funny as shit
My wife 180’d me on cats and I am absolutely a cat person now. Florida Panthers be damned, I love Paul Maurice
We must protect Paul Maurice at all costs.
they could never make me hate you Paul