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How the Florida Panthers avoided a post-Stanley Cup hangover

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Jordan Staal sat in his locker looking shell-shocked. Again.

The Carolina Hurricanes had just been blown out for the second straight night -- a rarity in itself -- but by the same team, no less: the reigning Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers.

And it was fair to say the Canes captain was reeling from the experience.

"We got beat in every facet," Staal said following the 6-0 drubbing last month. "Not a whole lot of positives out of any of it."

Even less so when the outcome just 24 hours earlier -- a 6-3 defeat for the Hurricanes -- had prompted Staal to point out the Panthers "don't give you anything -- it's always a battle against that team.