FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Aaron Ekblad stood in front of the cameras wearing his two Stanley Cup championship rings, the latest of which was presented to the Florida Panthers defenseman and his teammates at a ceremony on Monday.

“There’s a lot of work to be done,” Ekblad said. “It’s not just collecting rings at this point, it’s battling and grinding to get it done.”

That’s a good way to sum up what this season, which offers the chance to win the Stanley Cup for the third consecutive year, is going to be for the Panthers. They’ll start working toward that goal when they host the Chicago Blackhawks at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida, on Tuesday (5 p.m. ET; ESPN, SN1, TVAS).

Of course, considering their back-to-back championships, the Panthers enter this season with confidence, bu

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