Will Lord Stanley return to South Florida again in 2026?

The Florida Panthers enter the 2025-26 NHL season looking to win a third straight Stanley Cup championship.

Each of Florida's last two seasons ended in historic championships triumphs. In 2023-24, the Panthers outlasted the Edmonton Oilers in a seven-game Stanley Cup Final thriller to capture the franchise's first title . The championship came just one year after Florida lost in the Cup Final .

Then, last season, the Panthers became just the 11th team in the expansion era (since the 1967-68 season) to go back-to-back, taking down the Oilers in six games in a rare Cup Final rematch .

Now, after retaining key free agents in Conn Smythe Trophy winner Sam Bennett , Aaron Ekblad and Brad Marchand , the Pant

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