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[JD @RatKingJD]

@PeteBlackburn If it ain’t broke, I guess.

[𝓐𝔂𝓸✯ @shefwayo]

me after a long day of distracting myself only to realize my heart is still heavy

[JD @RatKingJD]

@fthinlttlefreak

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@TkachukFanAcc Cursed as fuck

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@H_0CKEY Cursed ass number

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Leafs? God damnit. Rigged as hell.

[JD @RatKingJD]

So... That post took off more than I expected it to. I've seen all the comments. There are no words to express the gratitude and love I have for you all. Thank you.

#TimeToHunt

[JD @RatKingJD]

I received the call that my older daughter had been found dead while I was watching Panthers-Leafs Game 5. Tomorrow makes 11 months since that night.

After that night, the rest of the playoffs were a blur. I watched as the Cats would go on to repeat, and while I was proud of them for it, there was no celebration, for the obvious reasons.

This season started, and I'll be honest, I heavily considered not watching at all. But I turned it on and watched.

It's been a rough season. Not just because of the Barky's entire season being missed, or the endless gauntlet of injuries I watched the team endure.

It's been rough because every game I watch, there's that memory of receiving the phone call.

Every goal score. Every goal horn, both home and away. They have a way of bringing me back to that night and that call.

As the season went on, I won't say it got easier, because it didn't. But I know that my older daughter wouldn't want me to lose the things I love because she's gone. My younger daughter kept flat out telling me I had to watch, knowing I'd regret it if I didn't, even on the nights we lost.

I love this team. And through 81 games (because the final game is tomorrow), the team helped me start to heal in a way I didn't expect it to.

Through each injury, more adversity, more challenges, more battling... we never quit. It didn't matter who was in the lineup on any given night, and lord knows we had quite the revolving door of players in and out, but there was always a fight.. even on the nights we lost big (that 9-1 loss to Carolina was particularly challenging to watch).

I know I'm never going to be healed completely from the loss of my daughter. That's just not possible. But I know I have to keep fighting through the grief and get through it no matter how beat up I get along the way.

Like I mentioned, I love this team. I loved them in middle school when they first entered the league, because I'm a giant homer and was thrilled to have a home team to root for in hockey. I loved them during that first Cup run when I was 13. I've loved them through the dark days and the struggles and obviously I've loved them during these last few years as well.

I know it's Fan Appreciation Day, but with tomorrow being 11 months since my daughter passed and me being emotional, it seemed fitting that I show my appreciation for the team instead.

Thank you @FlaPanthers for a season it seems I needed, even if the outcomes didn't go in our way as much as we would have liked. Thank you, @goldieonice .. unless they're on the national game, your voice was the one constant and reliable thing I had these last six months. Thank you CatsMin for constantly keeping me with content on every social media platform throughout the entire time.

Oh, and thank you to every single Panthers podcast that I listened to while working or while just trying to get my mind to focus on anything other than what it was currently on, specifically @PantherPourri and @LOPanthersPod.

Hopefully next season I can make it home and actually get to a game.

#GoCatsGo #TimeToHunt

[JD @RatKingJD]

You can't tell that Ottawa is 2 points out of a playoff spot based on this first period. Good lord..

[JD @RatKingJD]

So… rough night for “Hangman” Chris Paddack…

[Miami Marlins @Marlins]

OWEN CAISSIE. SAY HIS NAME

[JD @RatKingJD]

lol @KellySaco quickly pulled out of the line of fire while interviewing Caissie.

P.S. I absolutely LOVE Owen Caissie!

[JD @RatKingJD]

"His little brother is beating the brakes off that waffle cone." - @Kyle_Sielaff

This is why I pay for https://t.co/TuTgJInpIa.

[JD @RatKingJD]

@Marlins baseball is OFFICIALLY back when @KellySaco gets her first jump scare from a foul ball.

[JD @RatKingJD]

A healthy Norby is a very, very good thing.

[JD @RatKingJD]

@florigoaway @JakeSucky “I would never hit her in her face.” Okay. But he still hit her.

[JD @RatKingJD]

@ethanbudowsky The colors are fine. Building off of last season���s team and ownership actually putting forth the effort into a continuing success would mean so much to the fan base. Far more likely they have another decent year and then start selling off everyone again immediately after though.

[JD @RatKingJD]

That’s my fuckin coach!

[Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305]

Erik Spoelstra on some of the public push back following Bam’s 83 point night:

“I apologize to absolutely no one.”

[Florida Panthers @FlaPanthers]

SWAGGY DOES IT AGAIN FOR THE LEAD