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If Miami doesn't deserve a Stanley Cup, how about Sunrise?

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Like moths to a lightbulb we dutifully flock to these "Best Of/Worst Of" lists as if our lives depended upon it. And I'm typically first in line to bathe in the guilty pleasure of it all. Not difficult to do when the Florida Panthers tend to figure rather prominently in many.

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The latest, from THN's Screen Shots, features Adam Proteau listing from worst to first each NHL club's home town and which is most - and least - deserving of a Stanley Cup. The only defined judgement criteria was Proteau's own admission to this being "totally subjective".

No dramatic Don Pardo-esque voiceover is required when unraveling just where the Panthers ultimately fell:

30. Miami: We can debate whether a poorly managed team led to awful attendance at Panthers games. But here’s what isn’t debatable – it’s South Freaking Florida. If you fail to win the Cup, Momma Nature helps you get over it rather easily.

Hang on: Didn't we just cover this area?

And by the way, that's Bad #30, as opposed to Good #30.

Forgetting the franchise is located in Sunrise, some 25 miles to the northwest, and the club does not refer to being exclusively "Miami's Team" in any way, can we please - finally - dispense with labeling the entire region as "Miami"? The club actively markets to - and draws from - Palm Beach, Broward, and Dade counties, with a small side order of Collier and Monroe to the west. Obviously, Miami - due to its sheer size - would be the location of any potential championship parade (dry land or otherwise). But that doesn't make it "home base".

And the use of "Momma Nature" helping South Florida hockey fans "get over it" is yet another throwaway gagline intended to backhand the market as unworthy of the sport (disproven long ago) while staying true to the Make-It-Seven talking points.

This stuff is so freaking old.

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what an asshole.

by KingB on Mar 11, 2010 5:41 PM EST reply actions  

WHAT AN IDIOT

geographic location has no merit on deserving the Cup. He’s an idiot and a hater. Go Cats!

by SunriseIceAxe on Mar 11, 2010 6:34 PM EST reply actions  

I've said it before about Adam Proteau...

He’s just bitter he can’t afford to winter in Florida like the rest of Eastern Canada. Proteau is the least essential writer for The Hockey News. He’s a bitter hack. Ken Campbell and Ryan Dixon actually have half a clue, but Proteau’s been unreadable for years now. The guy’s a schmuck.

Florida Panthers: Giving the league a punching bag since 2000.

by Johnny B on Mar 11, 2010 6:41 PM EST reply actions  

Oh, and Mike Brophy’s decent as well.

Florida Panthers: Giving the league a punching bag since 2000.

by Johnny B on Mar 11, 2010 6:41 PM EST up reply actions  

I hope we win like 3 cups in a row now and then take the cup to this douches house every time. Fuel the fire woohoo c’mon panthers!!!

by GoBrowns80 on Mar 11, 2010 8:25 PM EST reply actions  

Living in Tampa Bay, I’ve been going to Lightning games just to get my fix, their attendance is worse than the Cats in Sunrise. Of course, no mention of it because they’ve won a cup. He wasn’t lying when he said it was a subjective list, unfortunately it’s subject to hockey elitism, where even if we brought home 6 cups, it would still be sunny South Florida where hockey can’t possibly exist in it’s purest form like it does in the Great White North. The guy is a tool.

by 34Beezer on Mar 11, 2010 8:52 PM EST reply actions  

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