WE WANT FLORIDA

A family-friendly way of expressing contempt for the Toronto Maple Leafs. This is akin to saying “Leafs Suck.”

“WE WANT FLORIDA” originated in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Shortly after the Toronto Maple Leafs finally won a playoff series (since god knows when), childish Leaf fans were yelling “We Want Florida”, really wishing their next opponent to be the lower seeded Florida Panthers instead of the Boston Bruins (due to PTSD from 2013, 2018, 2019). Turns out Leaf Fans got exactly what they wanted…at an embarrasing cost. The Florida Panthers would quickly take a 3-0 series lead, where their fans would mockingly chant “WE WANT FLORIDA”. Florida would eventually choke the Leafs out of the series 4-1 in Toronto (with their veteran Radko Gudas professionally screaming into the Leafs Goaltender’s Face), and Panther’s forward Matthew Tkachuk would comment how happy he was to not hear many “We want Florida” chants by leaf fans.

Subsequentially The Florida Panthers would sell a “We Want Florida” shirt to mock the Leafs and other teams that underestimated them. Toronto would be ridiculed with this chant by both Florida fans and other anti-Toronto fans. Montreal Fans would chant this at a soccer match between Toronto.

In the next season, Panther fans would continue mocking the Leafs with this chant at their home openers and closures against Toronto (especially after taking a 3 goal lead in their last regular season game)

by Nolan Griffin April 20, 2024

Orange Park, Florida

Orange Park is a town in Clay County, Florida, United States, and a suburb of Jacksonville. The population was 8,412 at the 2010 census. The name "Orange Park" is additionally applied to a wider area of northern Clay County outside the town limits, covering such communities as Fleming Island, Lakeside, and Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace.The town's name reflects the hope of its founders for a fruit-growing industry, but their crops were destroyed in the Great Freeze of 1894–95. Despite recovery elsewhere, the crops never came back to Orange Park.HistoryOrange Park in the late 18th century was known simply as Laurel Grove. The name Laurel Grove comes from Sarah and William Pengree who received a land grant from the Spanish governor. Laurel Grove was sold to Zephaniah Kingsley of the Kingsley Plantation upon William's death. Zephaniah developed Laurel Grove into a model farming plantation for over 10 years. In 1813 General Matthews invaded East Florida triggering the Patriots Rebellion. After Mathews left East Florida Zephaniah's wife Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley burned down Laurel Grove to keep it out of Patriots hands.The Town of Orange Park was founded in 1877 by the Florida Winter Home and Improvement Company. Following the Civil War, the company purchased several thousand acres of the McIntosh plantation at Laurel Grove, for the purpose of creating a southern retreat and small farming community.

I visited Orange Park, Florida last week, I'm really bummed I have to go home.

by Jake Gant September 21, 2016

Leisure Pointe, Florida

A man-made island in the works off the coast of Delray Beach, Florida. It is supposed to be finished in 2025, where they will build high-rise resorts and condos for tourists and rich retired people. It will reportedly house around 9,000 people.

Many rich New Yorkers will live on Leisure Pointe, Florida.

by Southbayshake July 16, 2021