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SUNRISE, Fla. — Well, they did it. That’s the first thing to say. Florida Panthers general manager Bill Zito had just finished with his children’s homework Tuesday night as it happened. Coach Paul Maurice sat in his home with a cat and blanket in his lap, not daring to move…

The Florida Panthers will be without their top defenseman for the foreseeable future.

The Florida Panthers waited a quarter-century for a run like last season. That’s a painful truth. They were first in the league in regular-season points. They won a playoff series for the first time since the blessed year of 1996.

It takes a lot to get Aleksander Barkov to curse and Matthew Tkachuk, on the eve of his first training camp with the Florida Panthers, nearly got his captain there Wednesday — sort of.

When your team’s fans have been waiting 28 seasons (a.k.a. “forever”) to celebrate a first championship, there are two things they don’t want to hear about from the folks running the franchise: Excuses. Or patience.

Bill Zito made his big offseason move.

If you’re a Florida Panthers fan, if you waited a quarter-century for success like last season, you trust general manager Bill Zito pushed another right button and made another proper decision Thursday in introducing Paul Maurice as coach.