Alex Baumgartner
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Florida Panthers beat writer @5reasonssports | @ThePHWA member |@journalismtmu alum 🐏 | Big Swiss sports guy🇨🇭
Florida, USA
Joined August 2019
Throwing up the U at a UF visit is wild. College football is back.
Florida Gators staffers were doing the most after the game yesterday. ushering Miami players away from recruits
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A Budweiser horse drinking out of the Stanley Cup thanks to a Tkachuk is about as American as it gets.
Matthew Tkachuk is currently allowing a Budweiser Clydesdales to drink out of the Stanley Cup. 😂😂😂😂😂. TarynTkachuk on IG 📸
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The first-round of the NHL Draft has come to an end and not a single team congratulated the Florida Panthers on their Stanley Cup win. Can’t remember the last time that happened, usually multiple teams give a shoutout to the winner.
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Still can’t believe this is the same place… and stadium
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Aaron Ekblad, first overall pick in 2014 hands the cup to Sam Reinhart, second overall pick in 2014, who hands off to Sam Bennett, fourth overall pick in 2014.
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Stuart Skinner is a great quote. He said reading books has been a helpful tool. “Recently I’ve been reading Lord of the Rings and that has not helped me with how to stop the puck.”
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The Panthers have sold out every game this postseason and are operating at above 100% capacity. They also have one of the biggest arenas in the league.
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The Florida Panthers Stanley Cup champions display is now up at the Hockey Hall of Fame
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The Florida Panthers have SOLD OUT their season tickets for the first time in franchise history, per the club.
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Yes that is Sergei Bobrovsky wearing Kodak Black’s chain (Via Kodak’s IG)
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Sam Bennett sponsors an animal’s adoption at the Humane Society of Broward County for every goal he scores this season. Carter Verhaeghe passed up an empty net shot in favor of feeding Bennett . “I enjoy dogs and cats so I thought I would dish it over there, it was nice.”.
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This was going in. Barkov prevented a Game 7.
Barkov has gone to the Panthers' room after blocking this shot by Pastrnak 😳
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The Panthers got swept after winning the Presidents’ Trophy and wanted nothing to do with running it back, so they brought in a new coach and traded a franchise player. I’ll let you guess how that turned out.
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According to this, both the Blue Jackets and Panthers will wear Gaudreau jerseys for warmups on Oct. 15 — Columbus’ home opener — to remember the lives of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau.
News: #CBJ has announced their opening-week activities starting with the home opener. Puck drop against Florida will be at 7:13pm.
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Today was a great day for South Florida. Free agency begins tomorrow so this is officially the last day this Stanley Cup winning team is together, but what they accomplished will live on forever.
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This was 10 am on a Tuesday and the team showed up unannounced. Every bar in Broward was packed at 3 am after the game — but it’s cool to see they went from 6 to 39 fans so quickly.
Grand total of 39 Florida fans celebrating the Stanley Cup win 🏆 .
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Taylor Swift definitely knows who Matthew Tkachuk is. Did not have that on my bingo card this year.
Chucky continues to have the best summer ever. 👀🏆. 📸: matthew_tkachuk (IG)
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The ice is literally bouncing, pretty cool upgrade for the ECF
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Congratulations to Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov for being the first person to not drop an F bomb today.
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Tell him puck drop isn’t until 7 tomorrow.
BEAUTIFUL BIG CAT! Stealthy Florida panther seen on the prowl. MORE HERE:
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Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov signals to the team — don’t touch the Prince of Wales Trophy (they did last year)
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The Cup will appear at Laspadas within a week.
The Stanley Cup woke up at Elbo Room, took quick rinse in the Atlantic Ocean, went for a stroll on Las Olas, and is now feasting at Greek Islands Taverna. Next it will buy property in Fort Lauderdale and wonder why it ever lived in the north.
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Barkov was asked if Maurice told him to not touch the Prince of Wales Trophy: . “He also told me last year”
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The Panthers training camp gets brought up a lot — it’s brutal . At the end of every camp day, Maurice has the guys do board battles, between 5-10 (can’t remember). Each time they do a board battle, they skate laps and repeat. Ekblad kills the clock with a big boy board battle.
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Panthers bench: losing their minds . Barkov: acts like he didn’t even hit the net.
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Everyone is excited about the mouthguard… here you go
The Florida Panthers Stanley Cup champions display is now up at the Hockey Hall of Fame
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This is an absurd angle to even attempt a shot from, much less score. 20 tucks on the season for Reinhart
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Wait, the Celtics are raising their championship banner against the Heat and the Panthers are raising their Stanley Cup banner against the Bruins…. Lol.
Looks like the Heat play the C’s the same night they get their rings 😪
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The Florida Panthers home opener and banner raising ceremony will be on October 8 against the Boston Bruins.
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Paul Maurice to his team: . “This is for you f*ckers… FREEEEDOM”.
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Correct, state income tax is why the Bruins blew a 3-1 lead.
Boston Bruins keep losing because of Massachusetts state income tax, pro-business group says
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“Barky, Barky. Don’t touch that f—ing trophy.”. Maurice is great.
"You’re all fkn brilliant and I love every one of you." . Paul Maurice Mic’d Up for Game #6 is unreal . 🎥: @FlaPanthers | #TimeToHunt
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Paul Maurice post game on Sam Reinhart:. “He does it all,” Maurice smirks. “Too bad he has that horrible attitude.” Walks off smiling. Another classic Maurice moment.
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Nobody cared about Florida’s taxes when there were 8,000 people in the building, all you’d hear was “move them to Quebec.”. The Panthers have a consistently good team for the first time in 30 years and now the world is falling apart.
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Looks like Lundell attended the Barkov school of “celly like you didn’t score”.
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Florida didn’t rush Mackie Samoskevich last season; they let him get a full AHL year under his belt and you could tell it paid off — he learned the defensive side of the pro game. Now all the tools, and the confidence, is showing up. He’s good.
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Paul Maurice:. “We’re working on our kill for the last two games. We petitioned the league for a little more penalty kill time, they’ve been good about it.”.
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Caught this great moment last night between Vladimir Tarasenko and his son. The now two-time Stanley Cup champion was a fantastic on ice add and culture add for the Panthers.
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When your star player is diving head first to break up a play, you know this team is locked in.
Tkachuk with a perfect defensive play after a Brent Burns dangle. 😲. Catch the rest of the third period on Sportsnet!
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June 30 is officially Florida Panthers day, per Broward County.
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I’m not going through all of last year’s picks, but four of the first five shouted out Vegas. The broadcast found it weird too. That’s all.
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Zito and the Panthers took a ton of low-risk fliers on guys nobody wanted, it turned into a Cup and now those guys will rightfully cash in on money and term they probably didn’t think they’d be getting. That’s what comes with being a powerhouse.
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Nice move to call the Panthers an “Irrelevant organization” on one of Canada’s biggest talk shows . Toronto hasn’t won a cup since there were 6 teams in the league.
Tickets for the Florida Panthers' three home games against the Toronto Maple Leafs go on sale this morning at 11 a.m. ET. but purchases are restricted to residents of the United States 👀. What do YOU think of this?
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Panthers GM Bill Zito on RFA Anton Lundell: . “I won’t talk about discussions (with the Lundell camp) but Anton’s a guy that obviously we like a lot and we want to keep him here.”.
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Panthers legend.
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Gustav Forsling was on waivers a few years ago. This week he won the Stanley Cup and was named to team Sweden. Gus on the journey:. "I don't think I've really understood it yet, It's been very quick. it's hard to wrap that around my head right now. It's a very good feeling."
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BREAKING: Head coach Paul Maurice and the Florida Panthers have agreed to a multi-year extension, per the club. The Stanley Cup winning coach’s contract was set to expire at the end of the season.
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A little more than five hours before the Panthers Cup rally starts here on Fort Lauderdale Beach, it’s filling up. Parade is at 11
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No Florida Panther made a first or second All-Star team this season. They definitely don’t care.
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10 picks into the Draft, nobody has congratulated the Panthers on their Cup win yet. Usually a few teams congratulate the winner before they make their pick.
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Panthers fans are out in full force. Met this guy on my flight, he was in Edmonton and is going back to Florida for Game 5.
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Not sure what’s going on, but Bobrovsky is with the Cup in Vegas
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Sam’s Club this season in Florida . Sam Bennett — 7 goals . Sam Reinhart — 6 goals.
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After years of trying, Quebec City finally got the Panthers.
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Florida has Eetu Luostarinen and Evan Rodrigues locked up for three more years each, at $3M per year. That’s good work for guys who can move anywhere in the lineup.
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Well, it’s raining on the parade…. A Let’s go Panthers chant has ensued. South Florida in the summer at its finest.
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Big news out of Latvia today: . Panthers defenseman Uvis Balinskis was named 🇱🇻 Latvian hockey player of the year.
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There’s a few reasons, but the biggest one is probably because they are not in Miami.
Why are people in South Florida so adamant that the Panthers are "not in Miami" . I never hear this argument from other fan bases. It's weird.
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AJ Greer, new Cat, didn’t like the hit Mark Kastelic threw on Jesper Boqvist. So he dropped the gloves. He’s a Panther.
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Here’s the full 2024-25 Florida Panthers schedule
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Mahura and Montour got their Cup rings.
Got dinner with some good friends last night and gave them some bling 💍 . Congrats Monty and Muzzy!
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This board battle into bag skate certainly isn’t fun, but the Panthers were burying teams all postseason at the end of games in board battles. They did it multiple times in the Cup final — including Game 7. Maurice camp day 1
Paul has lined up the pucks at center ice. It’s bag skating time
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The Florida Panthers have three players that were named as one of the first six to represent their countries for next year’s 4 Nations Face-Off. Aleksander Barkov - Finland .Matthew Tkachuk - USA.Gustav Forsling - Sweden.
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Perry Ellis and the NHL are partnering up for the 4 Nations Face-Off. Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk serve as Perry Ellis’ Off-Ice Ambassador during the tournament and after.
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Very, very important thread. Here’s a little more information on the Panthers’ designated driver program.
A comprehensive list of known NHL Stadiums that offer a designated driver program at games & where to sign up to be a Designated Driver. Be Safe. Dont Drink & Drive. 🧵.
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South Florida has TWO 8-seeds in a major final . Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup Final. Miami Heat in the NBA Finals
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If you are stressed out, the Panthers uploaded 10 hours of Bob-fi music
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They should frame this somewhere in Amerant Bank Arena
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With Reinhart and Kulikov extended, Florida is working with just north of $9.7M. Some of that will go to Lundell.
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This is the final year Florida will carry Keith Yandle’s dead cap hit of $1.241M.
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The Florida Panthers are bringing back goaltender Chris Driedger on a one-year deal, the club announced . The Bobrovsky, Knight, Driedger trio is back.
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The Sam Reinhart deal is 8x$8.625M. @ByTimReynolds had it first. That’s definitely under market value for Reinhart and yes, it’s team friendly. Getting the eight year was huge, helps keep the AAV down a little bit more for Florida. They have about $10.8M left to spend.
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A few members of the Panthers FO, including GM Bill Zito were in attendance for Anthony Duclair’s event today. Duke: “I didn’t expect Billy to come by so I definitely appreciate that. It speaks the volume to what type of guy they are. They treated me like gold in my time here.”.
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Outside of Florida, Stenlund was a very under appreciated member of the Cup team. Made his living on the PK — where he excelled — and was a stalwart center on the fourth line. One of the biggest losses this offseason.
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The Panthers are in Seattle tonight and they’ll be seeing an old friend for the first time in a long time
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Spencer Knight has been called up to the Florida Panthers, per the NHL Media site. Knight hasn’t been with the Panthers all season. He was in the AHL with, whose season Charlotte is now over. No other Checkers have been called up yet.
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Paul Maurice: . “Last year we had a really funny team I thought, or at least they thought I was funny, which I appreciated. The Gudas beard would shake you know. These guys are a little more serious so I think I probably toned it down a little bit with them.”. (Via @FlaPanthers)
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Did the panel just say the Panthers, the Florida Panthers could be fatigued by the… humidity??.
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