What a guy. I'm a Bruins fan so I've been hating on the Panthers these entire playoffs, but I'll admit, it choked me up a little to see this guy raise the cup tonight. 31 years is a long time chasing that thing. Congratulations Paul, you are a class act.
@@JarradBruessel32 So special! Also, the fact that he said that he hopes that the Winnipeg Jets win a championship (pretty much immediately after the game was over) lowkey speaks volumes. Not that I agree with him per say, lol... But the dude is decent for sure.
Was really special to hear him say he’s rooting for Winnipeg after the game. He was in a whirlwind of emotion and excitement, and still took the time to credit Winnipeg. Really shows how thoughtful of a person he is, and how impactful his time spent there was
Man, Paul Maurice is so cool, man. Also, him wanting Winnipeg to win the Cup in his postgame interview with Sportsnet was class. What a guy, well deserved.
Unreal!! Waited 30 years for this. Started going to Panther games first season. Mellanby, Beezzer, Lindsey, this is for all of them also. 96 team! Rat trick! Miami Arena! Loudest Arena ever! We shook that building. Well done Paul.
Congrats Paul!! Watching you raise the cup with your eyes closed told the story of your dedication to the game and the long-awaited championship this team has chased for 31 years. Thank you!! This is a great feeling.
I wrote to many people in that organization. Being a fan and season ticket holder since 1993, you feel connected to an organization and especially when you have met most of these guys at charity events or autograph events. I know full well that my comments are NOT being read by any of them nor do any of them even know my name. But that does not stop a troglodyte like you from trying to be funny or take away from a moment. So, with that GFY you pathetic POS.
I'm a Rangers fan obviously was a bit distraught when they took us out but can't help but smile to see Maurice get his championship. Seems like a great Coach to play for and knowing he has been chasing the Cup for 26 years, to see him finally get it is what makes this story a great one.
Oilers Fan Here. At the end of the day when the dust settles, that was one hell of a series for hockey. Paul Maurice is also one hell of a coach and I've loved him since Winnipeg and watching what he did to turn that team around. Great Team, Played a shutdown game and executed perfectly. Hopefully we will see yall back in the finals next year! Nothing but respect!
Congratulations!!! Always liked this guy. Very good coach. Great effort Edmonton. Sorry to.their fans. Congratulations to Panthers fans. Both teams gave us a good Cup. Great Cup really.
Absolutely admire and respect Coach Maurice especially when he says that he hopes the clock slows down and doesn't speed up all because he wanted to live the moment. Such a humble man, very happy to see he got his cup along with a talented Panthers team.
Paul Maurice was the reason I kind of hoped his team would win. The coach in only in his fifties but is 2nd behind Scotty Bowman for most games coached . He is articulate and thoughtful, never pissy . Congrats Coach Maurice , you certainly deserve the cup this year, and maybe next as well .
I live in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada and am a long time Winnipeg Jets fan. So proud of Coach Maurice being a Lord Stanley cup winner 🏆 Wish I could live in Fort Lauderdale Florida especially when its minus forty Celsius
Congrats Paul! You are an amazing person and coach. Thanks for all your hard work when you were here in Winnipeg. Coaching so many NHL teams over the years, you have certainly gain the respect of all the players and colleagues alike, you deserve the Cup. I am sure your mom & dad are here to celebrate this very special moment with you.
Coming up on 2000 games coached in the league and he finally got his cup. Amazing how much that Panthers team changed when they brought in Pomo and Tkachuk.
It was the moment when he did that interview when leaving Winnipeg that I really started to pay attention to Maurice. Said he "lost the dressing room" so needed to step away for the best of the team. Selfless acts like that do not go unrewarded. Congrats to Paul.
Bummed by the oiler loss, but this guy deserves all the praises. He’s been the game a long time and it’s about time he got one. Respect to the panthers and co.
The stories in these playoffs (Dallas' 25 year drought, Florida's redemption story, McDavid's ridiculous run, the Oilers Cinderella story of just making the playoffs then coming back, all of the big retirements we saw this season) were all pretty incredible, but there's one thing I haven't seen many talk about. Florida's ENTIRE existence started the minute the last Canadian team won a Cup. Which meant that either Florida wins their first Cup. Or a Canadian team wins their first Cup in LITERALLY the same exact amount of time.
I’m a long time Penguins fan but I was rooting for Florida in this one! Congratulations to the Panthers and Paul Maurice! What a great coach! He’s a true class act!
Congratulations to the Panthers and to Paul! I was hoping the Oilers would win, but I'm not a diehard fan of either team. Great series, and the better team won. Cheers
I was rooting for the oilers after their great comeback! But I always liked Paul Maurice as a coach for his other teams too so congrats to you and the Panthers on their first Stanley Cup!!!! (Rangers/ Blackhawks Fan)
I'm a Jets fan, but since round 2, I was mainly cheering for the Oilers, especially after that exciting comeback in the Finals series. But during the celebration, when Maurice said on live TV that if he had one more wish, he wished that Winnipeg would win the next Stanley Cup, any resentment I had for him leaving the team went away and I am so happy for him. What a class act!
@@sameold5050 I'm not holding my breath with Arniel, but you never know. When Oilers got their new, mostly unknown coach named Kris Knoblauch early in the season, I don't think anyone thought he'd take them all the way to game 7 of the SCF! So never say never...
@@73Ambassador He's been Associate Coach & ran a disastrous PK & then True North hire him as Head Coach. In the last few years the Jets have lost 25% of their season ticket holders. This does nothing to give people any confidence in this franchise. Free agents (with much skill) won't come here with an idiot like him as Head Coach.
@@sameold5050 I've said all that and more for weeks, but I am not Mark Chipman or Chevy, so I couldn't do the hiring. I just have to deal with their short-sighted sh!t decisions and hope for the best. At least they fired Brad Lauer, the worst PP coach ever!
So happy for this man. He would have been devastated had he lost so more than anything I’m relieved for him. He needed this cup more than anyone on both teams
Just seeing that graphic, Florida Panthers STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS, it just brings the shattered dream from 1996 finally into reality and it's such a beautiful sight. ❤
I was a kid in East Hartford when he coached the Whale. It's wild to see him almost 30 years later hoisting the cup with Florida. I wanted to cheer against them, as a bigger fan of every team they played against, but he and the Panthers gained my respect with all the hustle that won them the Cup.
I coached Paul's son in little league baseball. He has never changed. He is the same fantastic guy her was almost 20 years ago. I am so happy for him. I feel terrible for Edmonton but wow am I ever happy for Paul.
As a Canes fan I am so happy to see this. When he was coach of our team the previous ownership, I felt was stifling his potential success by not spending to the cap. Now we finally get to see what he is capable of doing. Well deserved!
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I remember him as the head coach of the Maple Leafs and even though he had a successful first regular season, the Leafs ended up missing the playoffs by 1 point. Then the second year, the Leafs dropped the ball, and he got fired. I always wondered what he could have done with Matthews, Marner, and Nylander if the Leafs hired him back. However, I always respected the work he did with Toronto and how close he got with Winnipeg as well as Florida the year before. I'm happy he's got his Cup and soon, his name on it.
I did know much about coach mo other than his record and history. A lot of cats fans like me wondered why we didn't keep it in house after a president trophy. But man has he been the perfect leader for this team. Does and says everything right (until he doesn't and gets tossed because hockey is brutal on coaches).
2 Stanley cups in a row after a team got the presidents trophy and revamped to a more defensive team. Incredible coach and incredibly smart front office moves. I’d run through a wall for that guy.
Bolts fan- I hate to say it but well done, well deserved. I would follow Maurice- they don’t get there without him, for as tough they act to be in the past, they would get distracted by the all after whistle stuff and do something dumb but he kept them focused on the hockey while stuff being physical.
What a guy. I'm a Bruins fan so I've been hating on the Panthers these entire playoffs, but I'll admit, it choked me up a little to see this guy raise the cup tonight. 31 years is a long time chasing that thing. Congratulations Paul, you are a class act.
Yeah. I never thought he was a great coach. But seeing him finally raise it, him closing his eyes to raise it. It was special
@@JarradBruessel32 So special! Also, the fact that he said that he hopes that the Winnipeg Jets win a championship (pretty much immediately after the game was over) lowkey speaks volumes. Not that I agree with him per say, lol... But the dude is decent for sure.
Good job. Love the game
Just like Bruce last year you can’t be mad
Not sure when anybody asked what time you cheer for
Excuse my language but Paul Maurice is fucking awesome. Well deserved win!
Paul pointed out earlier that the players didn't have enough profanity in their lives. Well he fucking brought some god fucking dammit
Congrats to the Cats. Glad he finally got the Cup.
So happy for Paul. Just seems like a solid guy.
Paul Maurice one of the best humans in hockey .. congrats coach.
Aquarius people are very chill 😎
Been a fan since 93. Cried like a baby.
Congratulations Paul, much love from Winnipeg!
"We invented a new idea, we just iced the puck 75 times in the 3rd period and that was it." lol god I love Paul and I miss him dearly in Winnipeg.
Was really special to hear him say he’s rooting for Winnipeg after the game. He was in a whirlwind of emotion and excitement, and still took the time to credit Winnipeg. Really shows how thoughtful of a person he is, and how impactful his time spent there was
Paul is a treat
Man, Paul Maurice is so cool, man. Also, him wanting Winnipeg to win the Cup in his postgame interview with Sportsnet was class. What a guy, well deserved.
Love Paul Maurice, Class act, so well spoken. Congratulations!!!!!! So well deserved.
Ontario!!!!!!, Winnipeg, CANADA 🇨🇦
Unreal!! Waited 30 years for this. Started going to Panther games first season. Mellanby, Beezzer, Lindsey, this is for all of them also. 96 team! Rat trick! Miami Arena! Loudest Arena ever! We shook that building. Well done Paul.
Congrats Paul!! Watching you raise the cup with your eyes closed told the story of your dedication to the game and the long-awaited championship this team has chased for 31 years. Thank you!! This is a great feeling.
He’s not reading your comments on TH-cam lol
@greenlion6544 But you are and apparently you are all that matters, right?
@@richardthacker6 you wrote to him. That was funny that you’d think he was reading your comment.
I wrote to many people in that organization. Being a fan and season ticket holder since 1993, you feel connected to an organization and especially when you have met most of these guys at charity events or autograph events. I know full well that my comments are NOT being read by any of them nor do any of them even know my name. But that does not stop a troglodyte like you from trying to be funny or take away from a moment. So, with that GFY you pathetic POS.
@@greenlion6544 you’re awfully presumptuous yourself aren’t you? You know exactly who is reading what.
Big congrats to Paul after all he's been through with the Whalers, Hurricanes, Leafs, and Jets this is well deserved.
I am so happy for Paul Maurice! What a great coach and motivator.
What a coach
I'm a Rangers fan obviously was a bit distraught when they took us out but can't help but smile to see Maurice get his championship. Seems like a great Coach to play for and knowing he has been chasing the Cup for 26 years, to see him finally get it is what makes this story a great one.
Oilers Fan Here. At the end of the day when the dust settles, that was one hell of a series for hockey. Paul Maurice is also one hell of a coach and I've loved him since Winnipeg and watching what he did to turn that team around. Great Team, Played a shutdown game and executed perfectly. Hopefully we will see yall back in the finals next year! Nothing but respect!
Congratulations!!! Always liked this guy. Very good coach. Great effort Edmonton. Sorry to.their fans. Congratulations to Panthers fans. Both teams gave us a good Cup. Great Cup really.
Absolutely admire and respect Coach Maurice especially when he says that he hopes the clock slows down and doesn't speed up all because he wanted to live the moment. Such a humble man, very happy to see he got his cup along with a talented Panthers team.
Apparently he's an apple cider vinegar advisory
Paul Maurice was the reason I kind of hoped his team would win. The coach in only in his fifties but is 2nd behind Scotty Bowman for most games coached . He is articulate and thoughtful, never pissy . Congrats Coach Maurice , you certainly deserve the cup this year, and maybe next as well .
I live in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada and am a long time Winnipeg Jets fan. So proud of Coach Maurice being a Lord Stanley cup winner 🏆 Wish I could live in Fort Lauderdale Florida especially when its minus forty Celsius
Traitor
5-0 in game 7s as a coach, crazy. Wanted the cup in Canada, but as a Jets fan, I'm happy for Coach.
As an Oiler fan, Paul just took a TON of the sting out. Thank you for being such an epic example of a good winner. BRAVO!!
Oilers fan , what a run proud of this season, but very happy for Paul congratulations, great guy
Congrats Paul! You are an amazing person and coach. Thanks for all your hard work when you were here in Winnipeg. Coaching so many NHL teams over the years, you have certainly gain the respect of all the players and colleagues alike, you deserve the Cup. I am sure your mom & dad are here to celebrate this very special moment with you.
Congratulations to Paul Maurice and the Florida Panthers from an Isles fan.
Coming up on 2000 games coached in the league and he finally got his cup. Amazing how much that Panthers team changed when they brought in Pomo and Tkachuk.
Congrats, Paul. Loved you back when you were in Winnipeg and remained a fan of yours.
It was the moment when he did that interview when leaving Winnipeg that I really started to pay attention to Maurice. Said he "lost the dressing room" so needed to step away for the best of the team. Selfless acts like that do not go unrewarded. Congrats to Paul.
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For anyone who lived in Winnipeg & left it was a wise decision.
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Fuck Yes it would, Winnipeg is horrible by all means sadly and unfortunately.
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Yup.
Shitterpeg, Manitoilet...if you're the last to leave, please flush!
@@sameold5050 like me lol
LEGEND!!!!!
Avalanche fan here, it’s awesome seeing other teams win who’ve never won a cup before. Congrats Panthers!!
The Panthers don't deserve a cup, they played way too dirty
@@coastaku1954 But the Oilers did not? Go crawl back under your rock.
This guy is a hockey coach man
we love you paul
legend
A high-quality human being. Congrats coach
Congrats Paul and the team. Thanks for the hard work and effort. You made South Florida so proud. Enjoying your happiness in this great celebration.
Look at the freakin teams that had to go through to lift that thing. Incredible
Paul is an awesome coach. Congrats coach
Congrats Paul... happy to see you get the Cup! And, as a Kings fan, so glad you denied these Oilers from getting a title.
Канадцы-30 лет уже отдыхают, без Грецки-дно!😂
Oilers have 5 Stanley Cups man. Edmonton is the city of champions.
@@Thelizardbloats Technically, by that logic, Montreal is the city of champions. Not Edmonton.
Congratulations Paul, Bill, Roberto and the rest of the Panther organization....you all put together one hell of a team! WTG Cats🎉🏆 😺
PAUL We so grateful to have you ❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉 CHAMPS ❤❤❤❤
Bummed by the oiler loss, but this guy deserves all the praises. He’s been the game a long time and it’s about time he got one. Respect to the panthers and co.
But he's an asshole
Soooo happy for this guy!!!!
He's a joy to listen to. Funny as well
Barkov + Bob + Tkachuk + Maurice + Everybody Else = Stanley Cup
The stories in these playoffs (Dallas' 25 year drought, Florida's redemption story, McDavid's ridiculous run, the Oilers Cinderella story of just making the playoffs then coming back, all of the big retirements we saw this season) were all pretty incredible, but there's one thing I haven't seen many talk about.
Florida's ENTIRE existence started the minute the last Canadian team won a Cup.
Which meant that either Florida wins their first Cup. Or a Canadian team wins their first Cup in LITERALLY the same exact amount of time.
Which is why Florida sucks, they stole from us
What an absolute beauty.
I’m a long time Penguins fan but I was rooting for Florida in this one! Congratulations to the Panthers and Paul Maurice! What a great coach! He’s a true class act!
Happy for him
Great well spoken guy
Glad he finally won the Stanley cup!
About fucking time thus network appreciates the greatest sport ever
Which is being ruined by the constant gambles being made down south
Congrats, Coach!
Congratulations to the Panthers and to Paul! I was hoping the Oilers would win, but I'm not a diehard fan of either team. Great series, and the better team won. Cheers
I was rooting for the oilers after their great comeback! But I always liked Paul Maurice as a coach for his other teams too so congrats to you and the Panthers on their first Stanley Cup!!!! (Rangers/ Blackhawks Fan)
I'm a Boston fan but was cheering for Paul
“They got 97 they got 28” connor brown designated threat
Congrats coach, never a doubt. Made it interesting by letting them win those games. Now focus on next year
Paul is a legend
Panthers Are The Best!!! 💯💪✌🏆
Crap. Oil are better
@@DonaldCharko Florida showed who had the best defense in the league.
I'm a Jets fan, but since round 2, I was mainly cheering for the Oilers, especially after that exciting comeback in the Finals series. But during the celebration, when Maurice said on live TV that if he had one more wish, he wished that Winnipeg would win the next Stanley Cup, any resentment I had for him leaving the team went away and I am so happy for him. What a class act!
With Scott Arniel as Head Coach the Jets will never win.
@@sameold5050 I'm not holding my breath with Arniel, but you never know. When Oilers got their new, mostly unknown coach named Kris Knoblauch early in the season, I don't think anyone thought he'd take them all the way to game 7 of the SCF! So never say never...
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He's been Associate Coach & ran a disastrous PK & then True North hire him as Head Coach.
In the last few years the Jets have lost 25% of their season ticket holders.
This does nothing to give people any confidence in this franchise.
Free agents (with much skill) won't come here with an idiot like him as Head Coach.
@@sameold5050 I've said all that and more for weeks, but I am not Mark Chipman or Chevy, so I couldn't do the hiring. I just have to deal with their short-sighted sh!t decisions and hope for the best. At least they fired Brad Lauer, the worst PP coach ever!
Made my eyes well up when he said to his Pops that his name was going up with his idols.
6:48 Cmon ESPN clean your shit up. Barry Trotz won the cup with Washington in 2018, not Vegas.
Also referred to draisaitl as number 28 lol. Classic ESPN
Thank God tnt covering cup next year
Love this guy he deserves every moment here!!! Now that is leader of men who never gave in the outside noise and just stuck to their game!
To hold EDM to a goal in a game 7..salute.
When Paul retires and writes a book I will be first in line.
Wow. Great game 7. Was really hoping the Oil would finish it off. Congrats Cats and Paul! Well done.
So happy for this man. He would have been devastated had he lost so more than anything I’m relieved for him. He needed this cup more than anyone on both teams
Just seeing that graphic, Florida Panthers STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS, it just brings the shattered dream from 1996 finally into reality and it's such a beautiful sight. ❤
Oilers fan here. Paul is a great coach. Congrats. Well fought. I hope the oil can learn off the panthers journey.
I was a kid in East Hartford when he coached the Whale. It's wild to see him almost 30 years later hoisting the cup with Florida. I wanted to cheer against them, as a bigger fan of every team they played against, but he and the Panthers gained my respect with all the hustle that won them the Cup.
I coached Paul's son in little league baseball. He has never changed. He is the same fantastic guy her was almost 20 years ago. I am so happy for him. I feel terrible for Edmonton but wow am I ever happy for Paul.
As a Canes fan I am so happy to see this. When he was coach of our team the previous ownership, I felt was stifling his potential success by not spending to the cap. Now we finally get to see what he is capable of doing. Well deserved!
Paul Maurice is 😎🏆
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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!
As a Flames fan, I’m also happy to see Sam Bennet and Matthew Tkachuk win the cup. Congrats to the Panthers.
I'm a Oilers fan, Congrats on your win Paul. We will be back to win it next year 2025. LET'S GO OILERS!!!!
What a stand up guy
Good for him
Go take a vacation coach 😂 you deserve it!
He has a parade coming up.
Excellent interview. Well-articulated questions, thoughtful answers.
I remember him as the head coach of the Maple Leafs and even though he had a successful first regular season, the Leafs ended up missing the playoffs by 1 point. Then the second year, the Leafs dropped the ball, and he got fired. I always wondered what he could have done with Matthews, Marner, and Nylander if the Leafs hired him back. However, I always respected the work he did with Toronto and how close he got with Winnipeg as well as Florida the year before. I'm happy he's got his Cup and soon, his name on it.
awesome series awesome game, could have gone either way, congratulations Florida and Paul
Said this morning Florida would win. Should have bet on this game
THAT was a good interview.
Big respect 🫡
from a Yinzer and lifetime Pens fan
Oh…and good to see Connor McNocups got a participation trophy smh
Good series Oil and Panthers, Grats to the new champs.
Next season GLG!!!
You get the feeling that he could lead pretty much any team in any profession to be successful from the way he speaks.
Sorry sports center Barry trotz won with the capitals not the Las Vegas Golden Knights in 2018 he beat them in their inaugural season
I did know much about coach mo other than his record and history. A lot of cats fans like me wondered why we didn't keep it in house after a president trophy. But man has he been the perfect leader for this team. Does and says everything right (until he doesn't and gets tossed because hockey is brutal on coaches).
Wanted McJeus to get one. But man. What a ride for Paul.
2 Stanley cups in a row after a team got the presidents trophy and revamped to a more defensive team. Incredible coach and incredibly smart front office moves. I’d run through a wall for that guy.
Oh man, congratulations Paul!! 👏
Now .. Let's Go OILERS!!!! We got you next year.
Everyone got mad the nhl went to nbc. They go back to espn and then complain how bad espn is
I would double check the Barry Trotz stat. He coached Washington on their cup win against Las Vegas.
6:48 I remember it like it was yesterday when Barry Trotz won the 2018 Stanley Cup with Vegas… come on ESPN..
Lol dude is hilarious!!!!!!!!!!
Well deserved great game
Bolts fan- I hate to say it but well done, well deserved. I would follow Maurice- they don’t get there without him, for as tough they act to be in the past, they would get distracted by the all after whistle stuff and do something dumb but he kept them focused on the hockey while stuff being physical.
Anyone notice ESPN got the team wrong for Barry Trotz at 6:46?
Just imagine if the Oilers had Maurice as coach at the start of the year 😢.