Jimmy Eat World Takes a Dig at the Florida Panthers After Changing their Goal Song
For the past five years, anytime the Florida Panthers lit the lamp 'Sweetness' by Jimmy Eat World would play over the loudspeaker. It became a bit of a fan favorite ever since, especially during the 2021-22 season. During which they scored more goals in a season than any team prior, so hearing 'Sweetness' 337 times in one regular season entrenched the song into the identity of the Panthers & the winning culture they are trying to build. However, the team has other plans apparently.
As of Wednesday June 15th, it was reported by Fox's Andy Slater that Florida plans to overhaul their celebratory tune:
So far, the response from Panthers Twitter seems indifferent about the move. Fan engagement with the song admittedly isn't great, likely what prompted the move. The band, on the other hand, is less so indifferent. They offered the Panthers their two cents on the move & certainly would not make the mistake of being too gentle:
Shots: Fired.
The band's drummer Zach Lind took credit for the tweet shortly after. Fans of the band (and I'm guessing the team) even started a petition to retain 'Sweetness' as the Panthers' goal song. At time of publication, the petition amassed 303 signatures, so I doubt the team takes it too seriously. So while the Cats sort out their goal song, head coaching situation, & offseason maneuvers, we can all just sit back & enjoy the show.
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Anthony Cirelli | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Jonathan Drouin | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Samuel Girard | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Patrick Maroon | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mikko Rantanen | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Lukas Reichel | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Marco Rossi | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tomas Tatar | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matthew Boldy | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Brandon Hagel | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Travis Konecny | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Anze Kopitar | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Cale Makar | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Matthew Tkachuk | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Devon Toews | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Aleksander Barkov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Justin Brazeau | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Quinton Byfield | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Noah Cates | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jalen Chatfield | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 20 | 17 | 3 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||