Credit: IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect When NHL training camp opened up in September, Brandon Bussi was a member of the Florida Panthers. And if anyone told him at the time that he’d be a Stanley Cup champion this year, it wouldn’t have been the craziest thing, given the Panthers won the past two Cups. But Florida missed the – while Bussi, claimed on waivers by the Carolina Hurricanes on Oct. 5, 2025, would go on to pull off a storybook Stanley Cup championship.