The 2021-22 Florida Panthers ended their season in a disappointing fashion: a 4-game sweep at the hands of the Tampa Bay Lightning, tallying a total of 3 goals in that 2nd round series.
In those 4 games, the Panthers’ leading scorer was Jonathan Huberdeau, who recorded 2 assists. No other player had more than one point.
Fast forward to the 2023 postseason, and Florida has punched their ticket to the Stanley Cup Final following an offseason of tremendous change.
The summer of 2022 included adding a new coach in Paul Maurice as well as one of the biggest trades in NHL history, sending Huberdeau and MacKenzie Weegar to the Calgary Flames as part of a deal for tenacious (and clutch) forward Matthew Tkachuk.