The Florida Panthers are writing a fairytale story.
Matthew Tkachuk was embraced by his teammates after securing the Florida Panthers’ second Stanley Cup Final berth in club history. AOP / USA TODAY SPORTS
In the video, a summary of the fourth meeting between Florida and Carolina. NHL can be watched on Viaplay and V Sport channels.
– The purpose of life is: To have fun, Eetu Luostarinen continued the sentence in an interview with his home region Viikksavoo in the fall of 2020.
Luostarinen is one of the four players Alexander Barkov, Sergei Bobrovsky and By Aaron Ekblad with who are still involved from the Panthers’ bubble team four years ago. During that time, Florida’s Sunrise has experienced both joys and disappointments.
The panther pack has been in turmoil in a few years almost completely general manager Bill Ziton through the agency of. Before the puck boss washes Jarmo Kekäläinen Zito, who worked as an assistant in the Columbus Blue Jackets and got the main responsibility in the Panthers, became known through his player agency, among other things Tuukka Raskin, Antti Niemen and Kimmo Timonen as an administrator.
Zito looks like a golden finger now, but the spring could have been completely different for the Floridians. The Pittsburgh Penguins lost their penultimate round of matches completely unexpectedly to the Chicago Blackhawks, who are floundering in the bottom mud of the NHL.
Only this result guaranteed the continuation of the Florida team’s season.
Luck may have taken the Panthers to the playoffs, but the going has been almost sensational in the spring games.
Wonder man
– There’s nothing MacGyver, this man is a miracle man! V Sport’s commentator Antti Mäkinen roars when Matthew Tkachuk to end the Carolina Hurricanes’ pursuit with just 4.3 seconds left in regulation in Thursday morning’s fourth conference final.
The 4–3 goal settled the series and sent the Panthers to the Stanley Cup finals for only the second time in the club’s history.
Tkachuk, who arrived in Florida last summer with a giant contract of 76 million dollars, already scored his record 109 points in the regular season, but the pace has been terrible in the playoffs. Nine goals in 16 matches, three of which came in overtime. 12 service points, nine of which are first serves.
Playing on a level playing field, the Panthers have suffered a setback just five times in the times Tkachuk has been on the ice.
In the 2021-22 season, the Panthers won the entire Eastern Conference, but as you know, they lost in the second round to the “local rival” Tampa Bay Lightning.
Immediately upon arriving in Florida, Tkachuk declared his hatred for the state’s dynasty club, the Lightning. The Canadian also made it very clear that he wasn’t attracted to the place just for money or leisure fun.
– The sun, the beaches and all that – don’t get me wrong, it’s really attractive, but the chance to win beats all that, was the assessment of the new team.
Counterforces
Different Aleksander Barkov and Matthew Tkachuk complement each other. AOP / USA TODAY SPORTS
Aleksander Barkov was in one of the toughest spots of his career when the Boston Bruins took a 3-1 lead in the first round series. The Tampere center, who was claimed to be too tame for tough games, was one loss away from being labeled a failure.
After last night’s conference finals, Tkachuk praised his two-assist leader from earth to heaven.
– This is difficult to explain now. Everything has happened so quickly, Barkov tasted the final place on the club’s website.
– This means a lot, really. It takes a lot of work to get to this point.
Barkov’s success has certainly never been caught by work and attitude. Last spring, the unassuming and rigid Leader was joined by his almost opposite personality, the cheerful Tkachuk, who lives according to Luostarinen’s guidelines.
It has contributed to creating a dynamic in the team that helps overcome difficulties.
– Why play if you can’t have fun? We’re enjoying every second, the Panthers’ pill of joy said With the Hurricanes series in progress.
The Florida Panthers will face either the Vegas Golden Knights or the Dallas Stars in the Stanley Cup Finals.