Canucks and Panthers Game Ends With Some Pleasantries After Vancouver Ends The Streak
Okay so first off, I guess I’ll take the blame on this one. You had to know that the Panthers’ 12-game win streak would end on the same day that I told everyone to hop on the bandwagon. But don’t say I didn’t at least warn you not to bet the Panthers yesterday. Anyway, the Vancouver Canucks ended the Panthers’ streak in the 3-on-3 overtime last night off a 2-goal performance by Daniel Sedin (tying him for the Canucks all-time goal lead with Markus Naslund). And then after the game was over, the real excitement began and we got ourselves a glimpse at some old time hockey.
Now here’s the thing. I hate the Canucks. I don’t think there’s anybody who feels completely indifferent toward that team. You’re either a fan and you love them, or you’re not a fan and think they’re a bunch of pricks and wish them nothing but the worst. I’m all on board with Panthers’ broadcaster Denis Potvin for passing on the blame to Daniel Sedin for this disgusting, despicable, deplorable celebration after scoring the game winning goal in overtime.
“What a lowlife” is right. I mean I really want to blame them for the incident here but it seems like maybe there was a little more to it. Especially after Henrik told reporters some shit was said before the overtime period started that was “totally unacceptable“. Does this mean that Henrik Sedin is essentially a millennial pussy who believes in safe spaces and microaggressions? Absolutely. But I have to imagine it was something along the lines of a “Sedin Sisters” chirp and I have to imagine that it came from Shawn Thornton right here that set him off.
When you hear the same chirp over and over again and especially coming from someone with the “skill”-set of Shawn Thornton, I guess you’re gonna snap eventually. Glad he did though because it’s been a while (read: just a few months) since the dirtbag Canucks have been involved in some sort of a brawl. And even though nobody actually got to square up in this one, there was still plenty of rough stuff to go around.
You had that rat Derek Dorsett doing rat Derek Dorsett things
You had goalies in hats trying to get tough with each other.
And every time you thought it was over, a new scuffle broke out.
It may not have been on the same level as the Bruins going into the stands in ’79, but post-game fights are always good to go in my book. A pretty eventful way for the streak to come to a close (although the Panthers still have a 13-game streak of at least getting a point going on). And this is the one thing that I’ll say about the Florida Panthers now that they’ve finally lost a game. I get that all the numbers indicate that they just got on a lucky run. I get that they’re a team who could very possibly come crashing back to reality now that the streak is over. But 12 games is much too long to just say “they got lucky”. And if you believe in fancy stats more than you believe in the magic of Jagr, then you’re a dork. Panthers will win at least 1 series in the playoffs and you heard it hear first or at least second.
