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What is the greatest Florida Panthers team of all time?

By YPB Team

Championship banners now hang over a franchise that once went a decade without playoff hockey, and the earlier runs still have their defenders.

  1. 2024–25 Panthers — ranked #11
    2024–25 Panthers
    The 2024–25 team added Brad Marchand and Seth Jones during the season and repeated as Stanley Cup champions, beating Edmonton in six games, with Sam Bennett winning the Conn Smythe Trophy.
    1000pts
  2. 2
    1995–96 Panthers
    In only the franchise's third season, the 1995–96 Panthers reached the Stanley Cup Final, where Colorado swept them in four games.
    906pts
  3. 2015–16 Panthers — ranked #33
    2015–16 Panthers
    The 2015–16 team won the Atlantic Division with 47 wins and 103 points while Jaromír Jágr, who turned 44 that February, led the club in scoring, then lost a six-game first-round series to the Islanders.
    647pts
  4. 2020–21 Panthers — ranked #44
    2020–21 Panthers
    In the 56-game 2020–21 season the Panthers went 37-14-5 in the realigned Central Division, Aleksander Barkov won the Selke Trophy, and Tampa Bay beat them in six games in the first round.
    647pts
  5. 1999–2000 Panthers — ranked #55
    1999–2000 Panthers
    The 1999–2000 team finished with 98 points as Pavel Bure scored 58 goals to win the Rocket Richard Trophy, before New Jersey swept them in the first round.
    503pts
  6. 6
    2022–23 Panthers
    The 2022–23 team entered the playoffs as the last wild card, beat Boston, Toronto and Carolina, then lost the Stanley Cup Final to Vegas in five games.
    503pts
  7. 2023–24 Panthers — ranked #77
    2023–24 Panthers
    Paul Maurice's 2023–24 team won the Atlantic Division with 110 points and then the franchise's first Stanley Cup, beating Edmonton in Game 7 of the Final.
    503pts
  8. 2021–22 Panthers — ranked #88
    2021–22 Panthers
    The 2021–22 team set franchise records with 58 wins and 122 points to win the Presidents' Trophy, Jonathan Huberdeau had 115 points, and they won their first playoff series since 1996 before Tampa Bay swept them.
    0pts

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