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How the Panthers made it to the Stanley Cup Final

The Florida Panthers are bound for the Stanley Cup Final.

Just as we all predicted.

(Kidding.)

In reality, Florida's trajectory this season reads like the plot of a classic Disney movie, a tale of plucky underdogs fueled by self-belief slaying dragons and beating the odds en route to unexpected victory. And with all the main characters aligned to make it happen.

Anti-hero Matthew Tkachuk has been the polarizing, productive face of the Panthers' playoff run.

Quiet, unassuming Sergei Bobrovsky is enjoying a career Renaissance as Florida's backbone in net.