NHL Rivalry Series: Tampa and Florida

[LastWordArmy]

Even as hockey leagues all over the world take a hiatus, the Last Word on Hockey team is still devoted to publishing quality content in the absence of live sports. Such begins a new series: the NHL Rivalry Breakdown.

Each article will take a look at two longtime rivals and break down how the rivalry came to be, how the teams stack up against each other currently, and how the matchup may look down the road. This edition of the NHL Rivalry series looks at the battle of Florida between the Florida Panthers and the Tampa Bay Lightning.

NHL Rivalry Breakdown: The Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers

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[Ryuji Yamazaki]

Panthers were never good enough to have a rivalry.

 

[Prominence Problem]

What's a shame is that likely these two teams would have met up in the first round this season.

 

[Chessarmy]

There’s no rivalry, we suck

 

[Android 16]

Hypothetically, a miracle happens and we make the playoffs. We will get killed in a series with Tampa, just like they killed us in the regular season

 

[Chaos2k7]

We need a rivalry with TB, but their organization has been run a cut above ours ever since I can remember.

 

[Prominence Problem]

We need a rivalry with TB, but their organization has been run a cut above ours ever since I can remember.

Panthers were by far the better organization from their inauguration Season. In 2001 and 2002 both teams were fairly equal. After that Tampa has held the upper hand for the most part.

 

[Android 16]

We need a rivalry with TB, but their organization has been run a cut above ours ever since I can remember.

A cut above? More like lightyears ahead. Owning us ever since 02-03