ECQF: Florida Panthers [ATL1] vs Tampa Bay Lightning [WC1] - Florida wins 4-1

[Tsawwassen]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

WTF? A noon start time? The other game is at 3 and there's nothing in the evening. Why? Why schedule it like this?

The eastern conf. series are all confirmed. The western conf. has not been finalized yet. Hwy19man has found that there will be 2 western games on Sunday to make for a quadruplet header. The Predators-Canucks game should be at 8:00 PM Mountain as mentioned on John Shannon's twitter.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Well...your explanation is logical, but boo anyway.

[topfiverecords]

Wow, that's an early start for a game one. I bet the viewership gain by breaking it away from other games will just be lost by the early time the game is on.

[FlamesAreOne]

Go Bolts!

[EDMONTONisNG]

I'm going with cats in 6 just because of the flames representation. I think they elevate in the playoffs anyways.

[dino7c]

Double

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by EDMONTONisNG

I'm going with cats in 6 just because of the flames representation. I think they elevate in the playoffs anyways.

Well Tampa does too obviously

It should be a good series but with those times I probably won't see much of it

[dammage79]

Pulling for the Panthers. Hmer that final nail in the Lightnings coffin as far as their core goes.

[Meers]

Cats in 6.

[Zary's-Mustache]

Tampa in 5. They know how to win and Vasilevsky in fine form. This will be a short series. The Panthers are pretenders.

[Lanny'sDaMan]

Dice Predictions:

Game 1: Bolts
Game 2: Bolts
Game 3: Panthers
Game 4: Bolts
Game 5: Panthers
Game 6: Panthers
Game 7: Bolts

Lightning in 7

[MRCboicgy]

Looking forward to this one most of all. Panteras en siete. Give me a 3OT game here too.

[butterfly]

Silly penalty.

[calgarygeologist]

Tampa/Florida has easily become my favorite rivalry to watch in recent years.

[butterfly]

Just what everyone didn’t need. 4 shirtless Florida men in the crowd.

[transplant99]

Every single skater on both teams have been credited with at least one hit.

Playoff hockey man....nothing better.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

Tampa/Florida has easily become my favorite rivalry to watch in recent years.

Me too, it's made even better by dino7c's irrational takes on the Panthers all playoffs.

[cam_calderon]

That's some atmosphere for a 12:30 game.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by cam_calderon

That's some atmosphere for a 12:30 game.

yeah....atmosphere is awesome.

People were tailgating at 7 AM apparently.

[butterfly]

These announcers pronounce Hagel like “haggle”