from George Richards of Florida Hockey Now,

On Saturday afternoon, as the Florida Panthers were on their way to a Game 3 loss to the Washington Capitals, fans of the team flooded social media with messages of gloom and doom.

According to some, the Panthers’ loss meant they may as well fly and home and clean out their lockers.

The Panthers, yes, are down in the series.

They will practice on Sunday, play another game on Monday.

”That’s the playoffs. We’re down 2-1 and the next game is going to be important,” Jonathan Huberdeau said.

The Panthers have their backs up against it a little following the 6-1 loss on Saturday afternoon, but this series simply is far from being over....

Florida is not going to beat many teams playing the way it did on Saturday, much less a hungry, veteran-laded team playing at home.

“Hopefully mad,” coach Andrew Brunette said when asked how he hopes his team responds to the loss. “I think the story so far is that they have out-competed us, out-willed us in every puck battle and in every area. We’re going to have to figure it out here.”

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