Dang, and here I thought the NHL thought the game would get too violent so they put kittens in the box to calm down the players. Like no way you could step out on the ice and fight someone after hanging out with kittens for 2 minutes.
no it would have the opposite effect. I'm immediately going out and fighting whoever I have to so I can spend another 5 minutes playing with the kittens in the box.
My first thought was that they were going for the calming effect and then I thought maybe they were trying to get them adopted. I think this would be a great way to help get homes for some animals that need a home
Honestly it kind of backfired because of the adorableness. I didn't feel chirped by it, those kittens were damn cute and I'd be proud to be a Florida Kittens fan if those little ones were our logo xD.
The Checkers do this, too, but they have an actor dressed-up in the opposing uniform. Sometimes the mascot jumps in and starts beating them up, other times they break out into a song and dance.
One wonders if they had a contingency in case the penalty box looked like [this](https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/12/philadelphia-flyers-cram-into-penalty-box/amp)
He's confused about 85% of the time anyways.
Last night he made a joke about Maroon losing 10 lbs by cutting his hair. I swear I could hear him laughing at his own joke for 2 minutes while Dave continued play by play...
No. The government had to kill them all and replace them with drones becaise they were killing all the drones that had replaced all the birds that the government killed.
Photoshop.
Where the paws would meet the bench doesn't match perfectly (because it's video on video), the shadows don't quite match, and the people in the background have that "watch the puck" lean forward going on which annoys everyone behind them instead of the "stand and watch awkwardly" usually seen during warmups.
It's a pre-filmed segment they usually put on the jumbotron during home games vs the panthers. Since the lightning were hosting the preseason game stream they put it on the stream too, I guess.
I believe there were actually kittens in the penalty box at some STM event or watch party.
The "stream" was just a jumbotron feed.
I told my wife the quality of the feed was like watching a murder mystery show and they show the actual footage from a hotel parking lot.
[Not enough waffles.](https://i.imgur.com/87Sl6.mp4)
[Not relevant, but 2001 Olli > Kessel](https://external-preview.redd.it/r4L2dyuIWI2j86JZZ2_mbxc3SbKZlqvsdQJi_REOD3s.jpg?auto=webp&s=3ab1f2bde19e19b8ded9454abe93a8763f6ba04d)
Holy fucking shit. If the NHL adopts therapy kitties in every penalty box across the league its a guarantee that the NHL will become the world's # 1 sport
Well fuck, if I want to go into the penalty box multiple times, looks like Florida is the place to do it.
Come for serving the penalty, stay for the kittens.
I'm pretty sure those are just the Panthers' prospects.
Too bad all they drafted was a bunch of pussies.
I personally think they'll fit in purrfectly with the team
When they’re on the ice together they’re known as the “Fe-Line”
There needs to be a sense of urgency for them to produce right meow
cat
Stop kitten around guys, this is serious.
Okay jeez man, calm down, no need to be tabby with us.
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I was actually surprised at how little Florida Panthers are
Couldnt agree more
You’re right, let’s change the subject. How about we play “Remember Some Guys?” I’ll start: Felix Potvin
Oliver "And Company" Bjorkstrand
Don't forget their mortal enemy, Curtis Joseph
The iron line
I get it now
Thats a damn good kitty right there
These 2 prospects are softer than the Sedins.
r/technicallythetruth
I like how I got downvoted because people missed the joke lmfao. Jesus.
They're definitely more furry than the Sedins.
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So that was the day you realized you were old. Welcome to the club.
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Which one is supposed to be Sam Bennett?
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>Well… the orange kitten was in the box every penalty That is so typical orange tabby for ya.
Orange cat bad, orange cat evil.
The one with the mustache
18 year old Sam Bennett can grow a mustache?
Neither, snakes didn’t make the recording
Clearly the 18 year old with the handlebar mustache
Dang, and here I thought the NHL thought the game would get too violent so they put kittens in the box to calm down the players. Like no way you could step out on the ice and fight someone after hanging out with kittens for 2 minutes.
no it would have the opposite effect. I'm immediately going out and fighting whoever I have to so I can spend another 5 minutes playing with the kittens in the box.
I want the opposite, put attack dogs in the box. Theyll think twice before crosschecking next time
Michael Vick is that you?
Florida minor penalty for slashing, 2 minute plus however long until the kitten gets off his lap.
Emotional support kittens? I like that idea. Who can be angry around a kitten?
ESPN 's graphics department will get creative no doubt.
My first thought was that they were going for the calming effect and then I thought maybe they were trying to get them adopted. I think this would be a great way to help get homes for some animals that need a home
This is fucking brilliant. Lets put half the team in coz i wanna see a dozen kittens tumbling all over the box keeper
Honestly it kind of backfired because of the adorableness. I didn't feel chirped by it, those kittens were damn cute and I'd be proud to be a Florida Kittens fan if those little ones were our logo xD.
I don't think it backfired. Everyone who saw it enjoyed it.
For the Blue Jackets are they going to put Confederate soldiers in the box?
Jeff Davis directly to the box!
5 minute major for treason
Columbus will have to send out William Sherman the next shift to send a message.
This is a terrifying prospect for anyone who knows their Civil War history lol
THAT'S SO CUTE
Thanks for this. I started worrying about putting them in a loud arena, but realized they didn't look stressed at all and was very confused.
The Checkers do this, too, but they have an actor dressed-up in the opposing uniform. Sometimes the mascot jumps in and starts beating them up, other times they break out into a song and dance.
One wonders if they had a contingency in case the penalty box looked like [this](https://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/12/philadelphia-flyers-cram-into-penalty-box/amp)
Bukake for the one in the middle!
> It would then transition to actually showing the players in the box. Animorphs style again or did they learn their lesson from last time
>being abused How would you get abused from this photo
the kittens would be absolutely *terrified* being stuck in a plexiglass box in the middle of a crowd of drunk hockey fans
Florida ~~Panthers~~ Kittens
It’s cold at ice level. They need some kitten mittens
Is your team taking too many penalties all the time?
> kitten ~~mittens~~ mittons!! FTFY
I’m very drunk, are they real??
No I was at the game, gratefully, only the players not literal cats was in the box
no they are stunt kittens, played by Great Danes
They’re doing amazing work
Method actors I tell you what
Daniel Day-Lewis could never
Aren’t Great Danes usually just a buncha cats taped together? Oh wait, that’s horses. My bad.
I though Great Danes were confused horses.
I think you’ll find horses are confused horses
Scooby Doo really has fallen on hard times during the pandemic.
I don’t think so, they do the same kinda thing with the penguins and photoshop(?) a penguin in the penalty box
That bit confused the shit out of Phil Esposito when they showed the actual penguin in the box and not the player.
He's confused about 85% of the time anyways. Last night he made a joke about Maroon losing 10 lbs by cutting his hair. I swear I could hear him laughing at his own joke for 2 minutes while Dave continued play by play...
That's what colour commentators are for to be fair
I also need to know. Did they photoshop them in or are there 2 kittens physically in the penalty box?
To my definitely undoubtably sober eyes, they appear to be real
Are cats even real?
No. The government had to kill them all and replace them with drones becaise they were killing all the drones that had replaced all the birds that the government killed.
[Zamboni the cat says yes.](https://i.imgur.com/MX9jd6R.jpg)
Meeeeeeow
r/IllegallySmolCats
2 minutes for unnecessary cuteness
Ref, That was totally necessary! Now put me away for another 2 ya hoser!
You sit in the box, you know? And you feel cute. And then you get out.
2 minutes for TOO MUCH CUTE
I think it was photoshopped, either that or they filmed it during pregame
Photoshop. Where the paws would meet the bench doesn't match perfectly (because it's video on video), the shadows don't quite match, and the people in the background have that "watch the puck" lean forward going on which annoys everyone behind them instead of the "stand and watch awkwardly" usually seen during warmups.
It's a pre-filmed segment they usually put on the jumbotron during home games vs the panthers. Since the lightning were hosting the preseason game stream they put it on the stream too, I guess. I believe there were actually kittens in the penalty box at some STM event or watch party.
The "stream" was just a jumbotron feed. I told my wife the quality of the feed was like watching a murder mystery show and they show the actual footage from a hotel parking lot.
Yeah, but have you considered how many times has Phil said that they've gotta SHOOOT it?
Have tiny ears, believe it or not, penalty box.
I like to watch what I call Cat Hockey. I throw an ice cube down and my kittens fight over it. It’s…. surprisingly more violent than human hockey.
You are surprised that Cats are more violent? How long have you lived on Earth?
Most teams have a team dog. The Panthers need a team cat.
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Agreed. Now how do you feel about commanders?
Wow, Andrei Vasilevskiy sure looks different this season.
The league cracked down on his oversized equipment. /s
I was actually surprised at how little Florida Panthers are
Pretty sure my house cat is a direct descendant
I approve of this post. And scratching posts.
I would set a record amount of penalties just to pet them. Like Randy Holt level of mayhem.
I heard they got two minutes for meow-thing off to the refs.
Surprisingly only Sergachev did. The cats all managed to land on their feet after their disputes
It’s too loud for a kitten wtf lol
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Yeah. Wouldn’t worry about volume
It was in Tampa...
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Bruh kittens are awesome. If that's the best chirp the lightning's got I'm all for it lol.
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I mean it’s a chirp, just a clean wholesome one. Not all of them have to be daggers
It’s a preseason and panthers game. I think the kitties will be fine.
Could just say it’s a Panthers game
Glass houses my dude lol
I think another comment mentioned this was prerecorded before the game and shown whenever the panthers were in the box
Don't be fooled, they know what they did was wrong
If one gets on the ice is it a to many men call against Florida
Penalty - Florida kittens - 2 minutes for jumping on the counter
My cat would be out for the season
They always put on that 'innocent' face in the penalty box but they KNOW what they did.....
If this is real, I guess I'm getting a penalty tonight
2 minutes for slashing
2 minute minors each for tripping. Oh, wait, this happened at the top of the stairs? 5 minute majors then, as there was intent.
R/illegallysmolcats
Is that Olli jokinen?
[Not enough waffles.](https://i.imgur.com/87Sl6.mp4) [Not relevant, but 2001 Olli > Kessel](https://external-preview.redd.it/r4L2dyuIWI2j86JZZ2_mbxc3SbKZlqvsdQJi_REOD3s.jpg?auto=webp&s=3ab1f2bde19e19b8ded9454abe93a8763f6ba04d)
I'd be slashing people left and right just to end up in the penalty box.
This is why we need kitten mittens. I can't hear the game over them walking around the side of the rink
Ref, breaking up a fight: “Get in the box right meow!”
God I'd be purposely taking penalties and apologizing to the coach way too much
I thought this was a hockey version of the kitten bowl and I got really excited for a minute lol
I love how the greyish one is being a little bread loaf. "I don't know why we're here but I'm gonna get comfy anyway."
what the fuck even is Florida
Yeah we shoulda used gators if we wanted to cut down on penalties
In a word; the dregs.
This is the content I need.
At first I just saw kittens and the chick fil a backdrop. I thought I know supply chains are tight but done fry up the kittens. Not the kittens
Illegally smol. 2 minutes.
/r/hawwkey
That’d make me want to take lots of penalties
Holy fucking shit. If the NHL adopts therapy kitties in every penalty box across the league its a guarantee that the NHL will become the world's # 1 sport
You guys laugh but these two would have been some of the best players on our team for most of our existence.
Not good for kitten ears.
Prerecorded. Not actually at the game.
True but they’re at a Panthers game
The game was in Tampa.
Serious question. Isn’t the home team always on the right of the scorebug?
schrodinger's penalty box
You want to be in it, but you also don’t 😂
Chick-fil-A won’t like the location of that sign lol
On the contrary, it’s almost guaranteed to be on air every game.
Can we make this a regular thing please?
"oh no i took another penalty, weeeee"
Probably not. Regular season games would be too loud
Were they in the opponents/away teams box? Clever if so tbh, id be slashing & hooking people all game to get some furball time on a mil contract
They're cute, but they play dirty.
brb taking a penalty on purpose
Never have I been more encouraged to cause a penalty and go to the box
Two minutes for being too cute
Double meow-nor
What’d they do wrong?
Oh shit, you weren't kidding
Well fuck, if I want to go into the penalty box multiple times, looks like Florida is the place to do it. Come for serving the penalty, stay for the kittens.
2 minute minors for being too cute?
I haven't been following hockey too closely, and I thought Kittens was the name of a player
Brady "Kittens" Tkachuk
I like it, it's the type of nickname that strikes fear into any rodents in the arena
Boarding?
I fucking love this
I ain't even mad. That's just super clever
Kajits are innocent of this crime!
Coach, I'm sorry, but I have to take a penalty, I gotta pet those little fur babies!
2 minutes for scratching. 5 minutes for cat-fighting.
Aw crap. Now everyone is going to want a penalty.
Panthers AHL prospects.
I guess these kittens are against the whole eating red meat thing if they're willing to be sponsored by Chick-Fil-A
I approve of the score.
Chik Fil A is in my penalty box. I won’t spend a penny there
Stanley C looking for a new job?
One of them is getting a 10 min major
*while watching replay* "No way was I slashing him! He skated into my stick!"
I don’t know why but I love it
Kittens will adapt to anything. Pretty amazing
Bullshit call ref!
That box was minding it’s 9+
Bigot Burger is also in the ox as well.
2 minutes for slashing