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RALEIGH, N.C. — By Thursday morning, Bill Zito had long moved on, just as they all had. Another Stanley Cup Final awaited, another championship beckoned, and the Florida Panthers general manager stood on the third floor of the team’s hotel, celebrating the previous night’s clinching win against Carolina by not celebrating it one bit.

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The Florida Panthers' Bill Zito has never won the NHL's GM of the year award. That has to change this year as they move closer to another Stanley Cup.

This playoff run has felt different for Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers, though they are now back in the same place vs. the Florida Panthers.

For almost 40 years, no NHL team managed to make it to three straight Stanley Cup Finals. Now, two teams from the same state have done it one after the other. O