Can you become so immersed in a team that it becomes your whole life? Take this Florida Panthers fan, for example, and how he describes his relationship with his favorite team. “We kind of live and die with them … you’re in a good mood if they win and you’re in a bad mood if they don’t. But kind of bleed with them.” The roller coaster of emotions you go through, and no matter how much heartbreak you suffer, you will always stand by them, ready to cheer at the top of your lungs with all your heart.

Well, for Panthers fans, it has been less heartbreak lately and more sunshine and rainbows. Their team is in yet another Stanley Cup final. If you are a Florida Panthers fan, right now, all you’re thinking is “Let’s do it.” Let’s bring the Stanley Cup home. You are so ready to give your team one last push. And it seems the Panthers know how this accomplishment has been achieved together, with all the fans, alongside the team, throughout the journey. And they’ve made special arrangements so that the fans can enjoy the entire finals together.

You must be wondering what it’s all about. Well, Five Reasons Sports posted the most amazing update for the Florida Panthers fans. On May 31, the Miami-based sports network dropped the following tweet: “The Panthers will host watch parties inside Amerant Bank Arena for all 2025 Stanley Cup Final road games with doors opening at 7 p.m. for 8 p.m. puck drop.”

The 19,250-seat arena will bring together the Panthers fans so that they can enjoy their team, just like they do when the Panthers are on home ice. The tweet had more info on the ticket price and how to buy it. “Fans can purchase $15 reserved seat tickets with proceeds benefiting the Florida Panthers Foundation.” The fans can get their tickets from SeatGeek, the link for which has also been shared in the tweet.

Watch parties make the experience so much more enjoyable for the fans. It amplifies their voice, their emotions, their feelings, and their enjoyment. You may be thinking, Paul Maurice, Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov, Sam Bennett, and the likes won’t hear them. They would still be playing on road ice, with the Oilers fans inside the Rogers Place making it every bit as difficult for them.

But guess what? The Panthers’ locker room will know their fans are inside the Amerant Bank Arena, together, shouting for them. They will remember how their fans had been cheering every hit, every goal, and every forecheck. That atmosphere of 19,000 people cheering you on, feeling the electricity of the charged crowd running through their veins, will allow the players to give just a little bit more, that little bit that may help them clinch the 2025 Stanley Cup.

For the Panthers, the next 2 weeks come with the hopes of a promised land. Florida eagerly awaits the coronation of the new kings.

The Florida connection of the Stanley Cup finals as the Panthers face familiar foes

The Panthers will be playing their third Stanley Cup final in a row. And it will be the 6th consecutive final in which a team from Florida is playing. First, it was the Tampa Bay Lightning from 2020 to 2022. Tampa Bay won 2 of them back-to-back in 2020 and 2021. Now, the Panthers have a chance to match the feat, having won the Cup in 2024. That’s why they are in no mood to slow down.

As Brad Marchand said, even before the Eastern Conference series was wrapped up. “Until you win everything, you accomplish nothing. So, you know, it’s day-to-day, and we just keep moving forward, trying to deal with the things that come at us.” Well, what’s coming at them are the Edmonton Oilers.

No, it’s not the 2024 Stanley Cup Finals. It’s not just a coincidence; rather, it shows how these 2 teams have been spearheading their conferences for the last 2 seasons. It’s only the 5th time in the post-expansion era that the same teams are playing back-to-back Stanley Cup finals. The last time it happened was in 2008-09 when the Detroit Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins shared the spoils.

Will it be like that this time around? Or will the Florida Panthers become a 2-time Stanley Cup Champion, inflicting back-to-back defeats on Connor McDavid? If anything, history is on the side of the Oilers, as no team that’s been in back-to-back cup finals has lost both since the Boston Bruins in ’77 and ’78. What do you think? Let us know in the comments.