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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Paul Maurice could tell his team was different.
The Florida Panthers' head coach joked -- at first -- that players this season compared to last didn't find him so funny. They'd lost a former appetite for schtick with a side of hockey talk. Florida had tasted greatness on a Cinderella run to the 2023 Stanley Cup Final. Falling short there was no laughing matter.
The Panthers' tone had shifted. Maurice saw it in training camp. The Panthers regrouped, expecting to be Cup contenders.