[Game Day Thread] Florida Panthers at Vegas Golden Knights - Game 5 Stanley Cup Final

Just wanna say thanks for setting up a game thread here, probably will miss the first period but looking forward to chatting with peeps later in the game and hope it's a good one.

Really happy to have a place to do it. Hope Lemmy works out, and people continue to filter over. Didn't want to step on anyone's toes or anything. The countdown was starting and I didn't see one.
- Thanks! Really appreciate this. 👍

First time image posting on here, hope this works

Seeing this on Lemmy sincerely warms my heart

Just wish we could have flair.
Give it time, the Devs are probably mainlining coke at this point fixing things and adding features…_{___}

Well, this is a blowout but I just hope !hockey has an active off-season shitposting community :)

Great participation in this thread tonight.
I've had more fun here then I've ever had in r/hockey
I'll be here!

No Tkachuk for the Panthers.

With the Knights leading 3-1, we may see the cup handed out tonight.

I am a Cats fan, and I am not hopeful. Not giving up the fight just yet, but that’s probably the worst player after Bobs to lose.
- Hope you guys play a good hard game tonight

Boooooooooooooo

Gary's the spez of hockey

Intermission Cat

dere he is!
- Yeah thanks for the heads up. I have no idea how my Lemmy navigated itself to that thread.
😻

this is a friggin beat down

Is Phil the Thrill on the ice?

And there he is.
- It's the leaf curse, as soon as they leave the cups come rolling in

GG everybody, thanks for the Lemmy party, much better than a Lemon party! Fuck u/spez!

Fuck u/spez indeed.

Who's everyone rooting for here? I'm personally for vgk

Rooting for Florida, but I wouldn’t mind the Knights winning. Mostly just want another game or two. I’m just glad we get a first time cup winner.
CATS!
VGK 🥳
I just want everyone to try their best and have fun....
But yeah, the Panthers.
I think Vegas winning it at home would be fun, but no deep feelings either way.
I'm a Sens fan so I'd like Brady to be the first Tkachuk to win the Cup and want to see Stone lift one. Go Knights.

Whelp, ladies and gentlemen, it's been a pleasure doing this on Lemmy. But gotta go pick up my son who's apparently having car trouble....

Duty calls, hope it's a belt or a hose and you get back quick

God, someone’s gonna lose an edge on a flamingo and dent the shit out of it before it leaves the ice, aren’t they?

I thought that's why we are all still watching

Florida Right Now on the Bobs Bus

I say this as a strong Florida fan… the Cats are collapsing in front of our eyes.

Yup. It's sad/amazing to watch, depending on what side you're on.
Omg are they ever :(

Stop, they're already dead!

It was 2 - 0 then I had to take a phone call. Came back to 6 - 1. Ouch.

Well if you're down 3 to 1 in the series, that is not the second period of game 5 that you want to have.

cats 4 cats

I think that was in.

Definitely

Yea... No way Panthers win this one with Tkachuk out.. Bummer.

it's joever

What an absolutely epic goal. The balls to just wait and wait like that

For real. Crazy to have patience like that
- Almost like he's made of... STONE. 😎
It's crazy the time he had to make such a decision. The Panthers are utterly disorganized
- They looked alive to start the second but God damn has it been an ass whooping since about ,11minutes left in the second. This is borderline hard to watch.

Guys I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that Vegas takes it tonight.

Me suddenly realizing best part of r/hockey and r/NHL was team flairs. Need to put that in the list of features to add.

Otherwise rooting for Panthers want to see Vegas be so close but so far away from the cup again.

I want to see Jerboa get a Sports Mode like Sync has. Makes GDT so much more interactive.
- I'm holding out for Sync for Lemmy. One can dream...
- The mobile web site works great, auto updates and everything!
- Is that a kind of auto-update feature? If so, I know the mobile website does auto-updates
I wonder where most of the /hockey crowd is rn. I doubt all too many came to lemmy
- Is the subreddit still down? Maybe Discord if that's the case

YOU'RE OFF THE CASE BOBROVSKY

Congrats VGK! As a Coyotes fan, I'm happy for our fellow desert team!

I think we need to expand this tradition of hockey teams adopting pop-punk hits to belt at random intervals

Ducks and Gulls have this down.
Canes fans doing Get Low by Lil Jon/ESB I think works.

Hill is a Mountain tonight!

https://sh.itjust.works/c/angryupvote
He is going to make some cash very soon.
- With VGK I hope. Crazy they offered him, and he said "no, let's see where the season goes" , and now we're here.

A Goalie Goal is all we need to end this disaster.

Just what I was going to say.

This game is very over

I was hoping PoMo and the boys could pull it out of the bag, but the loss of Tkachuk was just too much.

It's like the Heat: great run, but they're running out of gas too soon

Now Florida gets to sit on the bench for the next 5 minutes while they clean up the hats

Thanks for posting the gdt!

Holy shit, Vegas is just dominating right now.

Why aren't they booing, I don't understand.

Bettman can't even believe he's not getting booed

Ugh... Can the betting drivel please stop!!

Draft Kings will give you $500 free if your money line bet wins. Gambling ads are currently -750 to win this matchup!

Congrats Vegas….definitely deserved it. They were dominant all series.

Vegas gonna be lit as fuck tonight

Geez, Im rooting hard for VGK, but this is brutal. Can't imagine their locker room rn

That seemed like a too many men on the ice penalty at the end there.

I am not a basketball fan, but watched the Nuggets win it last night. And it reminded me how hockey seems to be the only sport that does it right, giving the cup to the players instead of the owner. Hearing the owner talk right away is lame.

I bet you most people can’t even name an owner of a team that’s not their own.
- I’m a Blackhawks fan… unfortunately everyone knows our owner.

Just tuning in now. I don't want this series to end yet

I want October to get here soon.
- Nooooooo! That means wintertime here and summer has just started!

Does PP% go negative?

It should! Shorthanded goals should be subtracted from the percentage IMO.
- Some kind of conversion +/- would be good.

Henrik is too beautiful he needs to tone it down a little

Lidstrom's play with Lundqvist's looks would produce the true perfect human being

Presented by Bill Pritchard and Great Value Stephen Colbert

Intermission Cup

"The most dangerous lead in hockey"

EDIT: nevermind lol

Wow thats demoralizing

That 0% PP in the finals is about to change!

I wonder if the nice lady in the white dress will be there this year.

Is there an over/under on how many betting ads we have to see before they hand out the cup?

And you can make that over/under bet right now on DraftKings!
- Future sponsor of Mark stone right there

How not to improve your PP%….bring the puck out of the zone on your own.

Hahah, yeah

༼ つ ◕◕ ༽つ CATS TAKE MY ENERGY ༼ つ ◕◕ ༽つ

Is it sad that I just realized the chain icon next to the username let's you view the original thread ~~in chat mode~~ in general?

We are all figuring it out as we go… just like the old Digg exodus days….
I did not know that. Thanks for the learning!

Well, we did see a goal while a team was on the powerplay I guess.

Stone with the Stanley Hatty, that's my Captain!!!

While it kind of sucks the underdog story's ending, at least it means the Staals won't win

I hope they're proud of themselves.
I don’t care about Eric and Marc, but I will forever be grateful to Jordan for his contributions to the Cup in 2009.

Vegas putting on a literal clinic.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEATTLE KRAKEN HISTORY

H I S T O R I C

Well, congrats on the hat trick.

I can't watch 😿

Yeah this is really painful. I’m just waiting for the pre-commercial bumper of the keeper polishing the cup.
- now that is must watch tv. I can watch him polish that cup all damn night long

Fuck the Rags, but I still feel for Hank every time I see that goal. Dude is an absolute mensch and he gave everything a player could that run

This has definitely been the most disappointing final in quite some time (that my team wasn't a part of). I really thought we were gonna get a good long series but Florida looks absolutely cooked.

The most disappointing so far 😉
- Man I hope you end up being right lol
  Edit: you weren't
Missing Tkachuk bigtime.

THERE WE GO BABYYYY! Cats on the board!

Knights better clear those screens, taking a lot of shots from the point

Have they shown Gary yet?

Gary in the tunnel right now
- Man lemmy really needs to get gifs and mp4s working
We aren't in watershed hours yet

So, who do y'all have on Vegas winning the Conn Smythe tonight?

I'm not quite counting out Florida yet...
- No way Bob put up a strong enough performance in the finals to justify giving it to him with a L tonight
Maybe Eichel?
Marchessault, maybe Hill, but he didn't play the first series.

Time to UKnight the Realm! Go Knights Go!

Blues fan here, but I'm hoping y'all win lol
As a San Diegan, LETS GO CATS!

I'm a Hurricanes fan, so I honestly have no idea who I want to win. On one hand, fuck the Panthers. On the other, I would kinda' prefer to have lost to the team that won the cup—somehow that would sting less. Either way, I'm hoping for another entertaining game.

Now, the ultimate test of the VGK fans

They didn't boo
- Fucking posers

I have to get up early tomorrow morning. So everyone should be prepared for a quintuple overtime game tonight.

I survived the 14 overtime San Diego Gulls / Bakersfield Condors AHL playoffs, I can handle this.
- Now that's an overtime game!!

H

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So far it looks like the Panthers aren't interested in booking tee times just yet.

In it to win it baby!
- They're playing really well considering. Good on them!

I don't even think there's a corpse left. It's just dust

Cats have looked really solid so far

Misfit Starting Line! I love it

Yeah, sorry Cats but this is over. It’s been a fun ride.

Not even bothering to smile. They are just broken

Wow - a shorty to go up from Stone.

Florida is going all in on on offense and completely neglecting any sort of defensive scheme. Way too many turnovers.

AKA the Anaheim Method.
- Hopefully that changes with our new coach!

Alright everyone, scan the boards. Is she back?

Are you referring to the Capitals fan?
- Don't know if she was a Caps fan, but the Caps were certainly fans of her

Come on cats, just need a goal every 3 minutes from here on out.

Math checks out.

I almost feel bad, still drinking this Tequila and celebrating though! Props to the cats fighting every inch to get here and winning their first final game ever.

Vegas does such a good job taking up space in the defensive zone. Just smothering.

On a scale of one to Steve Bernier, how demoralizing was this period?

Boooooo. Goodnight guys.

Did anyone here why the 2nd goal counted when the whistle blew before the puck crossed the line?

I didn’t think the whistle blew?
- The Twitter video I saw looked pretty clear. Oh well, I was just curious.

Panthers can win 2 games in thier next finals series about 20 years from now.

Well, at least Vegas isn't turtling like they did in game 4.

Anyone know if theres a way to sort comments by new in jerboa?

I don’t believe there is. Just use the mobile website for this thread. It even auto updates new posts.
- It’s amazing really
- That is handy. Hopefully jerboa comes out with more features eventually. It is remarkably stable for being in alpha
No, had to switch to the web version. Liking Jerboa so far though

What a save

Now we're talking!

Hill scores to put the game away?

Heyo!

Oh FFS. How the hell did they let that happen.

Finally caught back up live after having to pause for a while. Holy shit has Vegas been relentless this period.

Teddy!!!!

Hat trick!

Cats may just pull this one out of the bag.

Looks like Vegas's core is locked down for next year as well. I don't know that I follow how Capfriendly is laid out enough to know if they are having cap trouble to start the year or not. Anyone care to weigh in?

If Panda goes LTIR into retirement should have enough to sign Barby and Hill
I think they have $3M and change in space right now.

I hate Vegas but they have 24 Canadian players on their team. So Canada basically won the cup, and that makes me happy.

Yeah, ok, sure. Let's go with that.
- Look, I'm a Canucks fan. We lick the crumbs and call them wins.

Now I want to find a curling rink. I wonder if there are any near Baltimore?

Curling seems like it'd be the perfect sport to drink to in a similar way to bowling. I really wish there were more spots in the US

Thanks for posting the thread!

LGVGK!!!

Stanley cup Bingo? How do you think that meeting went down with Bettman?

Congrats Vegas

Also, I’m a bit disappointed at YouTube TV. For the NBA Final last night, they replaced the timeline cursor with the Naismith trophy. Tonight with the cup in the house? Do we get the Stanley Cup? No. No we don’t. Total garbage.

Here we go boys. Do it for Tkachuk

Did someone throw pink flamingos on the ice?

As is the tradition

How loud will stones 'fuck ya' come through on the broadcast when he hoists?

Man, the Panthers are struggling. :(

The had a good 8 or 9 minutes there, but the have looked more like an 8 seed than not this series

c'mooooooon cats

VAMOS GATOS!

AYYYYY EKBLAD SCARRRRS

Where was this bob in the second round?

Wow, Florida is falling apart

VGK PP

I posted this thread to r/hockey now that it's back up -- so maybe it'll attract a few more flies -- er, I mean, users.

https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/149brnx/lemmy_game_day_thread_florida_panthers_at_vegas/

I went to go clean my cooktop. What did I miss?

Complete Cats Collapse

Tossing the guy in the bench wasn’t enough, had to get the second shove

Dumb penalty Koleslaw
- He's mandated to do 1 stupid thing per game. 😏

Who’s your Conn Smythe winner?

It's so tough. My vote would be a toss up between Hill and Marchessault

Never thought I'd hear Kate Bush playing during a sports game

That's my Captain!!!

Lol, Marchessault on skates at eye-level.

Come on, Florida, pull the goalie for the rest of the game!

With the way our defense has been, that’s a sure ticket for 12-1.
- Wow, they’d even take back a goal!

Kessel?

Just did a quick tour with it.

Anyone got any skin in this game or are we all neutrals

As long as they all play fair and have fun......
- The real Stanley Cup is the friends we make along the way.

Holy shit! That was close!

The Panthers have been getting pretty good results with random shots on the net. They should do that more.

We've passed the Steve Bernier game in terms of the most demoralizing Cup clincher

Pens 8-0 over the North Stars.

This guy is great.

Great save Hill!

Thought we were gonna see a Cats goal there with Lundell….

Interesting save by Bob.

Critical error by Bobs leaving that out in the open, but glad it got handled.

That was a good chance

OK, here we go Cats!!!! POWERRRRR PLAY!

what was the vegas penalty all i heard was Cats PP

A clean check which would have been fine, but then Bennett I think chirped something and then Kolesar decided to hit him again. Bad no no.

Is that gonna stand?

I thought I heard a whistle on the broadcast but must not have.
Definitely looks like a goal. They'll challenge GI though
Looks like continuation to me
Yeah, nothing really illegal, it just sucks.

Bobs!!! What are you doing?!?!?! You dropped your stick???

The dropped stick made a better save than Bob did.

Jesus, Panthers, really?

Only a 2 goal delta… the Cardiac Cats live in this world!

Did Eichel finally get one in the final!?

Ahhh. So damn close.

I have a feeling Florida is gonna start gooning if the game keeps going like this

Oof that's probably the dagger

Woof. Do you think Bob is just confused because of gold with a neutral? He always folded to the Penguins in the playoffs too.

I really wish I could enjoy baseball.

At the place I am watching the game at, they have slowly been turning screens over to the Padres, because apparently our shit season is better than the decapitation that is occurring on TNT right now.

Welp, there is the pre roll of the keepers and the crate…

Rubbing salt in the wound at this point.

They're already dead, Vegas

First game I've watched since my boys got knocked out. Hoping we get to see what the knights have planned to celebrate tonight

What happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas
Who’s your team?
- Leafs haha. I'm a masochist apparently

Shine that cup, I want to see Stoner kiss it

They’ve been dead for a while guys.

This must especially be sweet for Marchessault and Smith

I can’t decide whether I like or hate the hats this year.

Grats to Vegas! Well deserved win.

What a run by the Panthers as well.

Wait, cheers for Bettman?

Holy shit, there isn't any mercy being shown here.

I got no horse in this race but if VGK wins the cup is spending WEEKS in Canada!

GO KNIGHTS!

@SteelBeard humerus, this just showed up in my network now.

My feed is bouncing all over the place. Bah. :(