Paul Bissonnette Sends Warning to Stanley Cup Champion Panthers: ‘Enjoy It While It Lasts’ originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
Paul Bissonnette is once again making noise about the Florida Panthers and sending them a warning about the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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Hours after the Panthers clinched their second consecutive Stanley Cup with a 5-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 6 of the finals, Bissonnette took to X to congratulate the Cats while dropping a bold prediction.
“Incredible celebration. Congratulations to the @FlaPanthers on an incredible run,” Bissonnette posted. “Nothing else like the Stanley Cup. Doing it back to back is remarkable. Enjoy it while it lasts. Next year’s our year. #LeafsForever.”
Bissonnette, a former NHL player and current analyst for TNT, as well as the co-host of the renowned “Spittin’ Chiclets” podcast, has never hidden his Leafs allegiance.
This isn’t the first time Bissonnette has issued a public warning to the Panthers while backing the Leafs.
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Before the second-round series between the two franchises earlier this postseason, he ramped up the rhetoric with an emotional message on his show.
“Now it’s on to Goliath, the Florida Panthers, and we have unfinished business with you,” Bissonnette said. “You hear that, ‘Bennett the Menace’? Hi, Matthew! We just took down your brother Brady, and now we’re coming for you.”
Toronto Maple Leafs forward John Tavares (91) checks Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad.John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images
The Panthers eliminated Toronto in seven games in the second round of the playoffs, marking the second straight postseason where they’ve ended the Leafs’ run.
Bissonnette is already promising that won’t happen again, but it’s hard to believe Toronto has enough, as currently constructed, to beat the Panthers in a seven-game series.
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The Maple Leafs will have a chance at revamping their roster with star forward Mitch Marner and John Tavares set to hit free agency on July 1.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 19, 2025, where it first appeared.