The Florida Panthers took a decisive 3-0 series lead over the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanely Cup Final earlier this month and appeared set to cruise toward their first Stanely Cup in team history. But then, Donald Trump made a post on social media that seems to have turned the tide in favor of the Oilers.
In the middle of Game 4, as the Florida Panthers were trying to pull off the sweep over the Oilers and bring home the Stanely Cup, Donald Trump apparently took notice and offered his praise and support to the Panthers, making it clear he was rooting for them to win the game and the cup.
“Wow, the Florida Panthers are a fantastic Ice Hockey Team. They’re 3-0 against the very good Edmonton Oilers from Canada. They’re down 1 to 0 tonight, but it’s still early. Hopefully they will put them away. Very impressive!” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
Apparently, that post has cursed the Panthers.
Following Trump’s post, things have gone quite poorly for the Panthers. Edmonton scored seven more goals in that game to ultimately win 8-1. And on Wednesday night, the Oilers won 5-3 in Florida to send the series back to Edmonton where the Oilers are favored in Game 6.
Only one team in NHL history has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit in the Stanely Cup Final. But after Trump’s post, the Oilers seem to be in a strong position to possibly do it this year.
Needless to say, it seems like the Trump curse might be real, and it’s led to a lot of conversation on social media.
the Florida Panthers were leading the Oilers 3 games to 0 in the NHL Finals
coincidentally Donald Trump posted about the Panthers for the very first time on Truth Social just as Game 4 started
the end result of the game: pic.twitter.com/M1jJndUTu0
— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) June 16, 2024
Donald Trump has officially said the game was stolen. The Panthers won bigly and there was illegal scoring. Covfefe. pic.twitter.com/VEZHloYnLm
— VisuallyBetter (@Isuckatpicking) June 16, 2024
The panthers are 0-2 since donald trump posted about them. Man they’re cooked
— berkieturkey (@Berkieturkey1) June 19, 2024
no wonder we losing lmao https://t.co/0CSc37gUgB
— mathias (@MathiasMejia_) June 16, 2024
No wonder the Panthers are gonna lose tonight https://t.co/v6HLT5ghNh
— Dude Where's Makar (@joelthesakic) June 16, 2024
Oilers in 7 https://t.co/7Sth9hSLCQ
— FlowBuds (@joeyferg) June 16, 2024
This is why the #Panthers are losing badly tonight. Everything he touches. https://t.co/H26ptQGSPf
— Miami-Dade Democrats (@MiamiDadeDems) June 16, 2024
lol. the actual kiss of death. https://t.co/0vo5uvwgcU
— N (@fiveonfir3) June 16, 2024
We’ll have to see if the Oilers can pull off the comeback.
