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Matthew Tkachuk -- Panthers' goal to 'make history' by winning Stanley Cup - ESPN

LAS VEGAS — On the eve of the Stanley Cup Final, Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk hasn't lost his confidence. In fact, he is doubling down on his Florida team, the surprise darlings of the postseason.

«We didn't do it the easy way, that's for sure,» Tkachuk said at Stanley Cup Final media day in Las Vegas, ahead of Saturday's Game 1 against the Golden Knights. «For us to knock off this juggernaut in Vegas, it would probably be the hardest road to the Stanley Cup in history. So that's our goal is to knock off this team and see if we can make history.»

Florida made the playoffs by just one point, in a race that came down to the final day of the regular season. In the first round, the Panthers shocked the Bruins, who set the NHL record for most regular-season points (135). Florida also eliminated Toronto, the third-best regular season team in the East, and Carolina, the second-best team in the East. Should the Panthers win the Cup, they would be the third team in NHL history to do it by eliminating four 100-point teams.

«A lot of talk has been made about us, and our path and the 8-seed and limping in and all that, which is completely understandable,» Tkachuk said. «It motivates us, I guess, to a certain extent. But this isn't a drop-off by any means with this team. [The Golden Knights] ran through the West in the regular season as a 1-seed.… So that's not a knock on the other teams that they've played; I think that's just how impressive they are.»

Tkachuk said it would be «the greatest joy of my life» if he were able to complete this postseason run — and his first season with the Florida Panthers — by celebrating with the Stanley Cup. Tkachuk has scored 21 goals in 16 postseason games, including three overtime

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