The Florida Panthers have received two consecutive Stanley Cups and are vying for a 3rd. Shortly after lifting the trophy in 2025, they started working, conserving Brad Marchand, Aaron Ekblad, and Sam Bennett in free company. That units them up for the primary threepeat within the sport in over 40 years. Panthers ahead Carter Verhaeghe stored it easy when requested about successful a 3rd straight Stanley Cup.
“Do not jinx it. No, that is the play,” Verhaeghe stated when requested concerning the three-peat on Good Morning America, per George Richards of NHL.com. He made the tv look with Ekblad, who spoke to reporters later within the day.
“We considered successful it for a second straight 12 months final 12 months, too, so I’m not going to suppose any otherwise this time round,” Ekblad stated. “We do not suppose that pondering or speaking about successful the Cup once more is jinxing something. I’m getting ready for the marathon that’s an NHL season and the playoffs. I’m getting ready for it like one other season.”
The Panthers are operating it again, however could possibly be with no key piece for components of the common season. Matthew Tkachuk missed a bit of final common season as nicely, and was not himself coming off a hernia harm. Elliotte Friedman reported that Tkachuk is ready to overlook time earlier than the Olympics in February.
Apart from that, there are solely causes to be optimistic for the Panthers. They’re conserving largely the identical group whereas Mitch Marner departed for the Western Convention. Can they win a fourth straight convention title and a 3rd straight Stanley Cup this season?
In the event that they do, the Panthers could be the primary NHL group to win three straight Stanley Cups because the 1980-83 Islanders received 4 in a row. They’d be the primary North American Large 4 group to win three straight titles because the 1998-00 Yankees.