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

Cifu, the Panthers vice chairman, partner and alternate governor, apologized for taking profane shots at Canada in general and the Israel-Palestine conflict in particular during a heated give-and-take with a Toronto Maple Leafs fan on the social-media site X.

After the Panthers tied their playoff series with Toronto on Sunday night, the X account of @mrgrozz related the physical play of the Panthers to Israel’s conflict with Palestine.

“Hey, what’s worse, using headshots to win a series or using starvation as a weapon to win a war?” said @mrgrozz, directing the comm

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