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Why the Panthers are the nicest 'rats' to win the Stanley Cup (twice)

Greg Wyshynski

created: June 19, 2025, 6:03 p.m. | updated: June 20, 2025, 11:21 a.m.

Open Extended ReactionsSUNRISE, Fla. -- The Florida Panthers had to win the Stanley Cup, and then they had to win another one, because it's the ultimate way to infuriate everyone who isn't the Florida Panthers. Florida has advanced to three Stanley Cup Finals under head coach Paul Maurice. Are the Florida Panthers actually the friendliest "rats" to ever to win the Stanley Cup twice? They increased to 998 in Maurice's first season, and then 1,116 in his second season, when Florida won the Stanley Cup. But the sum of those parts -- the harm and the harmony -- combined to make them back-to-back Stanley Cup champions.

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