You can get two free tickets for a Panthers game if you order this at Burger King

Many fans in the National Hockey League expected the Florida Panthers to take a step forward this season after narrowly missing out on the Stanley Cup playoffs in 2017-18. Let's not get our hopes up too high. 

The same can be said about ticket prices and attendance numbers: you can go in for cheap and there won't be a lot of people. Several times this season, the Panthers set new lows in attendance records with games being attended by less than 10,000 fans. 

Things just got worse as the Panthers are now sharing this ridiculous promotion: you can order two large Coca-Cola products from Burger King using Postmates, and you will receive two tickets to a Panthers home game compliments of Coca-Cola, while supplies last.

This is not a good look for the Panthers and the NHL. How much longer is this going to go on? Do you really have to give the tickets away for very little in return... It seems like a bad trade, no? 

However, this is nothing new for the Panthers. The hard luck sun belt franchise has struggled for over two decades now to attract a regular crowd. Meanwhile, just up the road in Tampa Bay, the Tampa Bay Lightning have established strong roots in the region and do very well in the box office. Most fans and analysts attribute this mostly to the Lightning’s winning culture, however. The Lightning organization has won a Stanley Cup championship in its history and is a perennial playoff contender. Meanwhile, the Panthers have historically languished in the NHL’s basement, earning a playoff spot just five times in their 25 year history.

We can understand why fans aren't motivated to leave the beach for a cold arena to see their local team lose... Maybe these people will head to Burger King and get some tickets and will want to go this time!