Panthers GM Bill Zito furiously chucked a water bottle as the Oilers clinched a Game 5 win

You’d be mad too if the team you ran was so close to winning a Stanley Cup … but now that team lost a tight Game 5 and has to go back to Canada in an attempt to clinch in a must-win game on the road.

That was the situation with Florida Panthers GM Bill Zito, who watched as Connor McDavid scored an empty-netter to clinch a win in Game 5 and send the Edmonton Oilers back to Canada for a Game 6 in the series that has suddenly become intriguing.

Then, Zito took a water bottle and chucked it in anger, summing it all up:

Panthers GM Bill Zito threw a water bottle after McDavid scored the ENG 😳 pic.twitter.com/3xMAEvtLdI

— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) June 19, 2024

I thought nothing could make me feel warmer than this shot of Panthers GM Bill Zito as tonight’s #Oilers game wound down. pic.twitter.com/AaNjmPoOD7

— Derryl Murphy (@derrylm) June 19, 2024

 

Yep, I feel that.

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