The Bruins had to watch the Panthers raise their Stanley Cup banner on Tuesday night, and then took a beating from the team that has sent them home in each of the last two postseasons.

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Early in the Bruins’ 6-4 loss to open the season on Tuesday, Trent Frederic said Matthew Tkachuck invited him to fight. The Bruins forward was eager to engage but said the Panthers pest didn’t follow through. Instead, Frederic was whistled for unsportsmanlike conduct.

During the matchup, Trent Frederic received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty after dropping the gloves to prepare to fight Florida Panthers Matthew Tkachuk. Tkachuk, on the other hand, did not do the same,

When a team finally reaches the mountaintop after falling short in previous years, there is some concern that players will relent a little and succumb to a lapse, commonly known as a championship hangover.