It might be time to move the Hockey Hall of Fame from Toronto to Florida.

For the sixth season in a row, one of the Florida-based teams is competing in the Stanley Cup Final . They won it on three of those occasions and they have the chance to do it for a fourth time this month.

But it wasn’t always like this in the Sunshine State.

For decades Florida was nothing more than a retirement destination for NHL players. Their rosters in the 2000s featured plenty of big names — Ed Belfour, Gary Roberts, Joe Nieuwendyk, Mark Recchi Mike Vernon, the list goes on. But it was the twilight of each of their careers, and having a good time probably mattered more than winning or making money.

It’s not like that anymore.

They’ve finally figured out how to leverage their market advantages — sunny we

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