Throughout the Florida Panthers' run to the 2023-24 Stanley Cup Final, several things have been clear.
The team is deeper than last year's iteration that fell a few games short to the Golden Knights, they have fewer holes than last season's and they're more determined to finish the story with a happier ending by winning it all.
The Panthers punched their second consecutive ticket to the Stanley Cup Final Saturday with a 2-1, Game 6 win over the Presidents' Trophy-winning Rangers.
"I just remember going around the locker room telling everyone after that Game 5 loss in Vegas, we're going to be back, we're going to be back, we're going to be back," Matthew Tkachuk told ESPN's Emily Kaplan after the game.