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 a muscle and threaten some karmic change.
“If we make the playoffs, do I get ice cream?” asked one of Zito’s twin, 11-year-old daughters.
“If we make the playoffs you get a limo on your birthday,’’ dad said.
