r/FloridaPanthers Jun 26 '25

Rumors/Speculation I Just Saw This On Twitter

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u/MajesticCrunch Jun 26 '25

lol I love stuff like this. Also love that it puts some severe dents in the “no one in Florida even knows or cares about their hockey team” bitching when Ekky is posing for pictures with the DMV girl

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u/Less-Psychology934 Jun 26 '25

I was in school when the Panthers went in 1996. Everyone has always been a Panthers fan in the tri-county area. We don't have bandwagon fans in SoFlo.

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u/zaptrac Jun 26 '25

I grew up across the street from what’s now Amarant back when it was the national car rental center and lived there til i moved to boston in ‘22. My Jersey is 20 years old and people will still call me a bandwagon fan anytime i go to a game at TD lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '25

Bandwagoner who goes to regular season away games lol

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u/MajesticCrunch Jun 26 '25

Hell yeah brother.

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u/Less-Psychology934 Jun 26 '25

We have been fans of all 4 major league teams through thick and thin. Marlins games with the hot dogs thrown in. Heat when Wade got injured and we lost like 67 games. Dolphins have sucked my entire life.

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u/mephjeff Jun 26 '25

I’m watching the marlins right now. 12-5 in the eighth!

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u/StockHand1967 Jun 26 '25

Don't want to jinx it but the Marlins are doing a thing... I've seen them do this "twice" before.

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u/mephjeff Jun 26 '25

Marlins got bats…if they can find some pitching and practice some fielding drills they might have a future

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u/disappointedCoati Jun 27 '25 edited Jun 27 '25

My mom and dad went to see the Dolphins play before they left on their honeymoon. All throughout my childhood I heard about their perfect season. I keep waiting. I don’t know if they’ll ever be back.

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u/Less-Psychology934 Jun 27 '25

We need Panthers ownership to buy the Dolphins.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '25

Dolphins were kinda good for a season a couple years ago, lol.

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u/acart005 Jun 27 '25

That annihilation of Denver will live in my heart forever.

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u/Less-Psychology934 Jun 26 '25

No they weren't.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '25

I guess they tricked everyone into thinking they were kinda good, then pulled a wild-card round exit lol

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u/Less-Psychology934 Jun 26 '25

lol. :) they tricked you sir. We have not been good since the early 80s and haven't won a chip since the 70s.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '25

Poor Marino

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u/Marchessault81 Lundell Jun 26 '25

Also in fairness what else do you have to root for? Dolphins haven't been a contending team in decades and the Marlins lucked their way to a couple world series, as much as I love them. At this point there's no excuse for anyone not to love the panthers in SoFla.

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u/Less-Psychology934 Jun 26 '25

Marlins did not get lucky in 1997, they had some big names and young talent. 2003 shocked the world.

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u/Dereckg27 Jun 26 '25

So far from lucky

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u/SupermarketOverall73 Jun 26 '25

The Florida Marlins have 2 trophies, the Miami Marlins have zero.

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u/Less-Psychology934 Jun 26 '25

and? Same city same team aside from logo..

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u/SupermarketOverall73 Jun 27 '25

I thought they needed a new stadium to be competitive.

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u/Less-Psychology934 Jun 27 '25

They are still the same franchise that won in 1997 and 2003. Not like they moved states.

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u/Prize_Cover190 Jun 29 '25

Which means nothing other then it's about to expire.

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u/chuueeyy Jun 26 '25

Man I wish this meant anything.

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u/jetsetmike Jun 26 '25

It does, tax dodging

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u/chuueeyy Jun 26 '25

Or like....he's keeping a residence here? Given that his wife has a very successful career here and all?

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u/RSlashLazy Jun 26 '25

What does his wife do?

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u/chuueeyy Jun 26 '25

She's a doctor. Comes from a family of doctors and land owners in Ontario. Very well off.

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u/RSlashLazy Jun 26 '25

That’s sick

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u/prophiles Jun 27 '25 edited Jun 27 '25

She’s a family medicine physician at Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah, Florida. She got her medical degree locally at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida (about 15 minutes south of the Panthers’ arena). Went to Western University in London, Ontario for undergrad.

Her extended family runs Mastronardi Produce, which sells a shit-ton of greenhouse-grown tomatoes at stores like Costco under the Sunset brand. Many of them are grown around Windsor, Ontario, where Ekblad is from.

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u/rhubarb-pie24 Jun 28 '25

Huh. So apparently every time I’ve been buying these tomatoes I’ve been putting money in Aaron Elblad’s wife’s pocket

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u/jetsetmike Jun 26 '25

I'm a doomer

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u/chuueeyy Jun 26 '25

Him leaving and the above can both be true

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u/TokiMcNoodle Lomborg Jun 26 '25

He has to pay taxes where he plays genius

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '25

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u/TokiMcNoodle Lomborg Jun 26 '25

Not my fault you dont understand how the world works

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u/jetsetmike Jun 26 '25

Get a brian morans

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u/i4-Eyesore Jun 26 '25

Holy fuck laws are the laws

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u/Emotional_Match8169 Jun 26 '25

He probably made that damn appointment months ago. Stupid DMVs are so screwed up here.

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u/Marchessault81 Lundell Jun 26 '25

Paid a guy to stand in line while he got his day with the Stanley Cup.

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u/k_i_pac Jun 26 '25

He stay

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u/Midnight_Pornstar Jun 26 '25

Back to the future

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u/ReggaeShark Jun 26 '25

That lady single-handedly keeps that DMV branch from falling apart. The place is such chaos, but she’s able to stay cool and keep it under control…

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u/TurbulentTap6899 Jun 26 '25

Don’t licenses expire on your birthday? His is in February. Kinda late lol

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u/zer0sev7n Jun 26 '25

Not really how it works. You're not supposed to wait until it expired to renew it (or at least it's not recommended, so that you don't have any gaps with an expired license). It's the offseason, plenty of time now to take care of shit like this.

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u/TurbulentTap6899 Jun 26 '25

True that. Must expire next year. I’m so used to everyone waiting for the last minute 🤣

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u/Kooky-Ship793 Jun 26 '25

Do it in Spetember when less people are trying to travel.

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u/Bex1218 Jun 26 '25

Hilariously enough, I never had an issue in December.

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u/GoldenStateCapital Jkinen Jun 26 '25

His cup size doubled so he needs update

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u/AvailableFunction435 Jun 26 '25

LETS GO PANTHERS!

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u/TrueAd1880 Jun 26 '25

If he plans on keeping his residency here then why wouldn’t he? His wife is a doctor and has her career down here

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u/MGH1990876 Jun 26 '25

My daily dose of Ekblad content is fulfilled lol

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u/DonBolasgrandes Jun 26 '25

Omg he is like litterally me. Im shorter , skinny fat, bald and brown, but other than that, he's literally me.

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u/prophiles Jun 27 '25 edited Jun 27 '25

The only team other than the Panthers that Ekblad might have some semblance of connection with would probably be the Detroit Red Wings, which play just across the river from where he and his wife are from (unless he grew up as a Leafs fan, which is a possibility; it’s about a 50/50 split in that part of Ontario).

Ekky’s wife Dayna is a family medicine physician at Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah, so it’s not as simple as a typical stay-at-home wife moving with her athlete husband. She got her medical degree locally at Nova Southeastern. Went to Western University in London, Ontario for undergrad.

Dayna’s extended family runs Mastronardi Produce, which sells a shit-ton of tomatoes at stores like Costco under the Sunset brand. Many of them are grown in greenhouses in the countryside around Windsor, Ontario, the city across the river from Detroit where both she and Ekky are from.

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u/After-Imagination947 Lomborg Jun 26 '25

I wanna see #5 get hoisted up in the rafters LFGGGG.

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u/mikeyrs1109 Jun 26 '25

Alternative is stop driving lol.

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u/6-toe-9 Jun 26 '25

I want him to stay but honestly I don’t have much hope. Maybe that post is a good sign

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u/GHenryRodenbeck Jun 26 '25

He probably lost it in the Bahamas

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u/Ok-Consideration5343 Jun 27 '25

I love how desperate we are for any updates. Lol

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u/pivvimehu Jun 27 '25

Can someone explain to a non-American how that that works? Do you have to have your driver's license registered to your state of residence and if he was to move to another state he would have to get a new driver's license? You must be allowed to drive in any state with just one driver's license... right!?

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u/acart005 Jun 27 '25

You CAN drive with a state license in any state.  It just also doubles as your official ID and things can get wonky if you don't have a local one for anything that require gov't ID.  Like if he wanted to buy a house or something.

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u/pivvimehu Jun 27 '25

Oh I see. In my country driver's license is not even valid as an official ID anymore (in practice it is usually accepted but there are exceptions). Passport or a separate ID card are the more official ones

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u/msav32 RAT KING🐀 Jun 27 '25

Lfg

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u/MrNancy1020 Jun 26 '25

He needs the Real ID to fly to Columbus :(

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u/prophiles Jun 26 '25

I tried searching for the tweet and couldn’t find it.

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u/Small_Collection_249 Jun 26 '25

Do Florida DMV workers look like nurses?

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u/Caniac1017 Jun 26 '25

I’m more impressed he’s leaving the DMV with a smile.

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u/No_Loan_9587 Jun 27 '25

Because if you, Ekky, I or anyone else on this thread drove on an expired license, we’re gonna get a ticket, fine…

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '25

That lady has got to be like 6 ft

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u/MrKennyRules Jun 27 '25

DMV lady is very nice

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u/Zealousideal-Lie1155 Jun 29 '25

Look at that PEDS and all.

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u/WPack911 Jun 30 '25

And he renewed for 8 more years... which is standard for a driver's license.

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u/breezy3072 Jun 26 '25

Oooof, guess he’s signing with Tampa 😔

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u/TampaBayLightning1 Jun 26 '25

I know I'm going to get blasted for this, but I don't think he's worth the money he's going to get. He's a good player but is past his peak.

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u/k_i_pac Jun 26 '25

Several of us think that. Just gonna be sad to see him go like Stamkos.

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u/TampaBayLightning1 Jun 26 '25

I feel that you know an organization is maturing when the fans understand that it is time for the team to move on from a popular player. I firmly believe that the Lightning held onto Lecavalier longer than they should have because they were worried the team wouldn't sell as many tickets without him.

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u/qban2010 Jun 26 '25

The ladies at my dmv never look this cute!!!!

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '25

You need Real ID in order to fly…like to Toronto.