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Edmonton Billboard Company Rejects Dan Le Batard’s Attempt To Troll Oilers Fans After Panthers Stanley Cup Win

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Panthers celebrate after beating Oilers in the Stanley Cup

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Florida Panthers fans have been waiting three decades to celebrate the team’s first Stanley Cup win, but Dan Le Batard’s efforts to take a victory lap at the expense of the Oilers hit a snag courtesy of a billboard company in Edmonton that refused to display his attempted troll.

It seemed like the Edmonton Oilers were dead in the water after falling into a 3-0 hole against the Florida Panthers during the Stanley Cup Final. However, Connor McDavid and Co. staged an impressive comeback to even the series and had the chance to become the first NHL to pull off a reverse sweep in a championship showdown in 82 years.

Unfortunately, they were unable to ride the momentum into Game 7 on Monday night, and the Panthers ultimately earned the right to hoist the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history with the 2-1 victory on home ice.

The win allowed Panthers fans to breathe a sigh of relief after avoiding what would’ve been the most embarrassing fate in NHL history.

That group included veteran broadcaster De Le Batard as well as his former Miami Herald colleague Greg Cote, the longtime columnist who understandably irked plenty of Oilers fans prior to the start of the series by asserting McDavid is overrated.

Le Batard was hoping to kick Oilers fans while they were down by paying for digital billboards featuring a picture of Cote smoking a victory cigar along with the message “GREG COTE WAS RIGHT AND YOU KNOW IT,” which were supposed to start popping up in the Edmonton area on Wednesday.

However, he revealed he was ultimately shut down by the company that refused to accommodate the request.

Le Batard read the email he received from the ad rep who broke the news, saying:

“We have declined your request for advertising.

Part of our creative approval process includes aligning with community standards and respecting the sensibilities of all stakeholders—including our audience, who are in this case citizens of Edmonton as well as our partners, and this messaging does not meet those standards. ”  

Props to them for having a spine.