Watch as the Florida Panthers pose for their team photo after taking down the Edmonton Oilers in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final.
Matthew Tkachuk‘s exit from Calgary may have caused some hard feelings, but he had Flames fans in mind after he played the biggest game of his life.
“Shout out to my fans in Calgary, you know I couldn’t let Edmonton win,” Tkachuk told Sportsnet’s Kyle Bukauskas on the ice after his Florida Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday in Sunrise, Fla.
Two years after telling the Flames he would not sign a long-term deal with the club that picked him sixth overall in 2016, setting the wheels in motion for a blockbuster, August trade to Florida, Tkachuk lifted hockey’s most cherished prize as a Panther.
That might have not been an ideal sight for many Flames fans, but seeing the provincial rival Oilers do it could have stung even more.