The Florida Panthers are the 2024 Stanley Cup champions.
After winning the first three games against the Edmonton Oilers, the Panthers proceeded to lose the next three before grinding out a 2-1 victory in Game 7 to win the franchise's first ever cup.
With their win, yet another former Southeast Division franchise has captured a Cup and helping them along the way was a multitude of former Canes who will get to have their name forever engraved on the Cup.
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And the best part is, all of them are first time Cup winners.
Here's the former Hurricanes who will be going on Lord Stanley:
Paul Maurice - Head Coach
The head coach of the Florida Panthers will have his name finally engraved on the Stanley Cup after nearly three decades of coaching.
Maurice, who coached the Hartford Whalers/Hurricanes from 1995 to 2004 and then once again from 2008 to 2011, perfectly sandwiched his Carolina tenure around a Stanley Cup.
He had lost in the Final twice, but now he's forever immortalized.
Steven Lorentz - F
Perhaps one of the nicest and purest souls in the league who battled for everything he ever earned, from being selected in the seventh round (2015) to playing in the ECHL to eventually making an NHL roster.
Lorentz debuted with the Hurricanes in 2020, ended up being traded to San Jose for Brent Burns in 2022 and then wound up with the Panthers last year through now.
So shoutout to Steven Lorentz who never complains, does everything that is asked and does it all with a smile.
Eetu Luostarinen - F
Originally dealt to the Panthers as part of the Vincent Trocheck trade, the Hurricanes' 2017 second-round pick has really carved out a nice role for himself with the Panthers as a vital piece of the team's depth.
Luostarinen missed the final last year due to a broken leg suffered against the Hurricanes, but the Finn managed to appear in every game for Florida this season.
Gustav Forsling - D
While he never played for the Hurricanes in the NHL, Forsling was still a part of the organization for a year before he was claimed off of waivers by Florida.
The rest is history as he's broken out in a big way to be a top defenseman in the league.
Tuomo Ruutu - Assistant Coach
A former fan favorite who played for the Hurricanes from 2008 to 2014, Ruutu has been an assistant coach with the Panthers since Maurice took over as the head coach.
Rick Dudley and Paul Krepelka - Front Office Executives
Both men were part of the Hurricanes' front office for multiple years and then ended up leaving in 2020 to join the new regime in Florida under Bill Zito.
