How to win a Stanley Cup

Comparing Carolina & Florida's evolution

The two most recent Stanley Cup-winning teams share certain commonalities.

Here’s how these two teams changed in the two years leading up to their Cup runs.

• Both the Carolina Hurricanes and the Florida Panthers initially struggled to get over the playoff hump

  • CAR - Conference Finals

  • FLA - Divisional rival TBL

• Both Carolina and Florida evolved tactically in r…