"Seth Jones had waited most of his life to get a Stanley Cup ring. And then he had to wait even longer before he could see it. The Florida Panthers handed out the rings from their second consecutive title on Monday, and Jones was the first person on the long list of players, coaches and staff who got the prized pieces of jewelry during the ceremony."
"Among the highlights of the ring: A play on the speeches that Matthew Tkachuk and Sam Bennett gave at the Stanley Cup parade, where they both gleefully pointed out that they apologize to no one for the Panthers being the Panthers. That phrasing is etched on the inside of the ring, which has more than 250 diamonds and rubies and is created out of white and yellow gold."
"The ownership group -- Vincent and Teresa Viola and their families -- presented their rings to one another, and then the word finally came to open the boxes. "I never believed that owning a sports team could be as invigorating, as heart-touching, that you'd care about the players when they get hurt," said Teresa Viola, the wife of team owner Vincent Viola said."
Players, coaches and staff received Stanley Cup rings after the Florida Panthers' second consecutive title, with a team rule that no one opened their box until everyone could open together. Seth Jones, who joined midseason, waited before seeing his ring and called it a collection piece. The ring includes an inscription referencing Matthew Tkachuk and Sam Bennett's parade speeches, more than 250 diamonds and rubies, and white and yellow gold. Player rings display name and number on one side and the team logo with "back to back champions" on the other. The private ceremony featured players in dark suits and red ties and precedes a fan banner-raising before the home opener against the Chicago Blackhawks.
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