This just in: The NHL's best team is based in Florida.
OK, that's not breaking news given that the Tampa Bay Lightning have hung two straight banners.
But here's the thing. The preeminent team is not based in Tampa.
Instead, it's the comparative upstart Florida Panthers, who've made one Stanley Cup Final since arriving to the league in 1993 and haven't won a playoff series since that prolonged playoff run in 1996.
These days, though, the times are changing in metropolitan Miami.
The Panthers were a league-best 7-0 after Wednesday night's games and sported a league-best plus-18 goal differential, having netted 31 goals while allowing only 13.