Matthew Tkachuk taunts Oilers captain McDavid at Florida Panthers celebration bash
This in from the X account of Florida Panthers fan Jen @jenpnthr, video of Panthers winger Matthew Tkachuk taunting Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid at a Stanley Cup celebration party.
'Connor McDavid who?!' shouts Tkachuk into a mic, igniting the crowd into a profane chant about McDavid.
1. Celebrating a Stanley Cup win is all fun until someone loses an eye. Many Oilers fan are upset and insulted by Tkachuk's outburst, but this was a bitter series, Tkachuk is a big mouth, so I don't see any need to get worked up.
In fact, I love Tkachuk's outburst, which is almost certainly going to make its way to McDavid.
If McDavid was angry before about this Stanley Cup loss, this won't improve his mood.
2. How bitter is Panthers-Oilers rivalry? TSN's James Duthie reported in the final days of the Final: 'Multiple people, who are involved or close enough to hear it all, say this is the nastiest trash-talking Stanley Cup Final they've ever seen. Usually some subjects are off limits. Not here. Everything on the table. 'Pure verbal hate''
3. The Tkachuk bothers are already talking about the USA winning Olympic gold in February. The last time Team Canada faced Team USA at the Four Nations tournament, the incendiary Tkachuk bros tried to start a riot on the ice. They were less brash after McDavid scored in OT to vanquish the Americans.
McDavid is slated to lead Team Canada in the Winter Olympics.
Canadian teams may not have won the Stanley Cup in more than three decades, but if I recall correctly, Team Canada has done OK at recent Olympic Games best-on-best tournaments, with three gold medals out of the last four such tournaments (2002, 2010 and 2014).
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