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The enactment is inactive going for Sam Reinhart and the Florida Panthers, arsenic they secured back-to-back Stanley Cup wins pursuing their Game 6 triumph implicit the Edmonton Oilers connected Tuesday.
"Not excessively overmuch slumber yet, but we’re doing precise well," Reinhart joked portion speaking with Fox News Digital during an quality celebrating the Cup triumph with Panthers fans astatine Raising Cane’s successful Tamarac, Fla.
"I was conscionable saying, ‘Who said this isn’t a hockey town?’ You measurement ft successful it here, it’ll alteration your caput precise quick."
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Florida Panthers Sam Reinhart works celebratory Stanley Cup "shift" astatine Raising Cane's Fort Lauderdale connected June 20, 2025, successful Tamarac, Florida. (Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images for Raising Cane's)
For Reinhart, it was a crippled helium won’t beryllium forgetting aft scoring 4 goals successful the 5-1 triumph connected location ice. So, the solemnisation began good earlier the last horn sounded successful Amerant Bank Arena.
The Panthers person been carrying the Cup everyplace done Sunshine and the surrounding towns and cities, including skipper Aleksander Barkov knocking connected his neighbors’ doors astatine 5 a.m. the greeting aft the triumph to stock the excitement.
This is simply a feeling that Reinhart and galore different teammates felt past twelvemonth erstwhile they defeated the aforesaid Oilers, winning successful Game 7 to cod the trophy. Reinhart admits it’s amended the 2nd clip around.
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"I deliberation determination was a moment, possibly a time ago, wherever it was like, ‘We’ve been there, done that before,’ and precise rapidly it changed your mindset," helium said. "In galore instances, it’s sweeter than the first, truthful we’re going to bask each infinitesimal of this."
Florida was the archetypal squad since the 2020 and 2021 Tampa Bay Lightning to triumph back-to-back Stanley Cups. So, the adjacent question is obvious: Are the Panthers a dynasty?
Better yet, bash they request that 3rd consecutive Stanley Cup triumph to beryllium cemented arsenic one?
Florida Panthers Sam Reinhart works celebratory Stanley Cup "shift" astatine Raising Cane's Fort Lauderdale connected June 20, 2025, successful Tamarac, Florida. (Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images for Raising Cane's)
Reinhart gave the cleanable reply erstwhile asked whether his squad is connected the brink of earning the dynasty tag.
"I mean, that’s kinda what our mindset [is]," helium explained. "We’ve ever been kinda time by day, and past twelvemonth erstwhile they were asking astir a repeat, we were focused connected enjoying the archetypal one.
"So, erstwhile the clip comes, we cognize we’ll beryllium acceptable and beryllium motivated. But we’re going to enactment successful the infinitesimal similar we did each playoff run."
Reinhart besides touched connected the endowment the squad added astatine the commercialized deadline, including playoff heroes Brad Marchand and Seth Jones, who jelled rapidly with their caller teammates.
"It’s unbelievable," Reinhart said astir the newcomers who helped the Panthers triumph it all. "To spot the caller guys travel successful and measurement up successful immoderate large situations, it’s been beauteous special. We’ve got a mates competitors connected and disconnected the ice, truthful we’re having fun."
Florida Panthers halfway Sam Reinhart (13) hoists the Stanley Cup aft winning crippled six of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final against the Edmonton Oilers astatine Amerant Bank Arena. (Sam Navarro-Imagn Images)
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As Reinhart said, the solemnisation volition proceed and the Panthers volition unrecorded successful the moment. But portion GM Bill Zito reiterated the aforesaid connected Tuesday night, helium besides noted his tendency to get halfway Sam Bennett, the Conn Smythe Trophy winner, Aaron Ekblad, Marchand and Nate Schmidt nether declaration to marque a tally astatine 3 consecutive adjacent season.
Those conversations volition come, but Reinhart knows the Panthers volition beryllium prepared to support their rubric erstwhile much erstwhile the puck drops for the 2025-26 season.
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Scott Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.
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