The Florida Panthers (30-9-5, first Atlantic) joined the NHL just two seasons after the San Jose Sharks (22-19-2, fifth Pacific) and the two teams could not have had a more different journey since. The Sharks have spent most of their time in the league staying competitive, only missing the playoffs a handful of times in their history, but the Panthers have only made the postseason a handful of times, never making it much further than the second round.
Surprisingly, both teams still have exactly one Stanley Cup Final loss — the Sharks with a slow burn to the eventual 2016 run, while the Panthers burned bright in their third season in 1996 and largely stayed out of the postseason afterward.