It’s one thing to be a passionate fan beefing with an opposing fanbase on social media, but another to be the executive of a team and talking like a moron. Douglas A. Cifu, who is listed on the Panthers website as the team’s “Vice Chairman,

"Eat s*** 51st state anti-semite loser. Israel now and forever. Until ever (sic) last Hamas rat is eliminated,” read a post on the now-deleted X account to Cifu, the team's vice chairman and a longtime Palm Beach County resident.

Florida Panthers minority owner Doug Cifu was suspended “indefinitely” Monday night by the NHL for “unacceptable and inappropriate” comments on his social media account, the league said in a

Cifu is the Panthers’ vice chairman, partner and alternate governor and owns a minority stake in the franchise. He also is the CEO of Virtu Financial, which he co-founded with Panthers owner Vincent Viola.

With an opportunity to gain a leg up in the Eastern Conference Second Round, the Florida Panthers will visit the Toronto Maple Leafs for Game 5 at Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday. After dropping the first two games of the series at Toronto, the Panthers returned home to win Games 3 and 4 and set the stage for a brand new best-of-three showdown.

The NHL has suspended Florida Panthers vice chairman and alternate governor Doug Cifu from any involvement with the team or the league, doing so in response to inappropriate posts on Cifu’s now-shuttered social media account.

Florida Panthers minority owner Doug Cifu was suspended by the NHL after making "unacceptable and inappropriate" comments on social media, the league announced Tuesday.

Doug Cifu, the Jewish minority owner of the Florida Panthers, got into it with a pro-Palestinian fan online and paid the price.