PMS 2.0 1363 - The Florida Panthers Win Back-To-Back Stanley Cups, Adam Schefter, Florida Panthers GM Bill Zito, Dan Orlovsky, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.9 • 18.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 158 minutes

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On today's show, Pat, Darius Butler, AJ Hawk, and the boys chat about the Florida Panthers going back-to-back after dominating the Edmonton Oilers. They also discuss all the news from the NFL including Jaire Alexander signing with the Ravens, Caitlin Clark’s big night in the W, the College World Series continuing, and more. Joining the show is ESPN NFL Insider, Adam Schefter to discuss his role at the Travelers Championship this weekend, Trey Hendrickson’s situation, TJ Watt, and everythign else going on in the NFL. Next, Florida Panthers GM and 2x Stanley Cup Champion, Bill Zito joins the show to chat about the team’s culture, how they’re going to try to pay everyone, the atmosphere down in South Florida, how new players fit into the locker room, how he’s going to celebrate, and more. Later, 13 year NFL Quarterback, ESPN NFL Analyst, Dan Orlovsky to talk about playing 100 holes for ALS research, Aaron Rodgers in Pittsburgh, which young QB’s he thinks are going to make a leap, and more. Make sure to subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow or watch on ESPN (12-2 EDT), ESPN’s Youtube (12-3 EDT), or ESPN+. We appreciate the hell out of all of you, we’ll see you tomorrow. Cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello beautiful people and welcome to our humble abode, the Thunderdome, on this back-to-back Stanley Cup chance, June 18th, 2025.
0:10.0	This program begins now.
0:13.0	Sports!
0:14.0	Are happening and a champion has been re-crowned.
0:17.0	Ladies and gentlemen, last night, the Florida Panthers completed the journey of a back-to-back
0:22.3	stanley cup championship run for the 13th time and it become the eighth franchise to accomplish such a
0:30.3	feat congratulations to all the florida panthers fans and the florida panther okay deris j ball is pouring
0:36.9	a beer in the baby Lord out here.
0:39.0	In celebratory of back to back. Obviously, that would not be a celebratory beer, of course, not Darius J. Butler here, nine-year NFL vet.
0:48.6	Lifelong Florida Panther fan. And if you go back five, ten years from now, Florida Panthers were absolute shite.
0:55.0	Nobody talked about that.
0:56.0	Over the last few years though, they have become a dynasty through and through.
1:01.0	Two Stanley Cup championships, three straight finals, and a team that is locked and loaded to represent hockey,
1:07.0	how hockey's supposed to be played every single night that they step onto the ice.
1:11.0	So many stars, so many studs, and a guy in the net that you never put a question mark next
1:16.7	to.
1:17.7	Congratulations to the Florida Panthers becoming an official dynasty down there in the elbow
1:22.4	room has been popping off just like Darius J. Butler has been all morning walking around with this particular tarpa.
1:30.6	You got a great, great time to have one.
1:32.0	You mentioned five, six years ago.
1:33.3	That is not water or pop.
1:34.8	That is beer.
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