Current Position: Head Coach of the University of Denver Relation to Any Panther Players/Prospects: Henrik Borgstrom (Coach at DU); Evan Cowley (Coach at DU); Mike Matheson (USHL Coach) Career Resume: Dubque Fighting Saints (USHL 2010-13); University of Denver (NCAA 2013-17) League Championships: USHL (2010-11 and 2012-13); NCAA National Championship (2016-17) Age: 47 Offensive Rating: 2/5 … Continue reading Florida Panthers Coaching Candidate Profile: Jim Montgomery

Today is the holiday for my favorite movie franchise Star Wars. So to have some fun, we will be doing a Star Wars Lookalike Challenge. Jaromir Jagr as Chewbacca (Jagrbacca) Colton Sceviour as Poe Dameron (Poe Scevieron) Nick Bjugstad as C-3PO (C-3bjugy) Jussi Jokinen as Chancellor Palpatine (Chancellor Jussitine) Jason Demers as Kylo Ren (Jason Ren) … Continue reading May the Fourth Be With You: Panthers Star Wars Lookalikes

Round One was an interesting round for sure. For one thing, none of the series went to 7 games for the first time since 2001 and in round two that year, 3/4 series went to 7. After the first round And the way they have been playing recently, the Nashville Predators might win the cup. … Continue reading Round 1 Recap

Last year the Panthers missed top line forwards Jonathan Huberdeau (51 games) and Sasha Barkov (21 games). Huberdeau had 26 points which was 9th on the time and Barkov's 52 points were 2nd on the team. Both weren't even at 100% last year. Now I want to take a look at the chemistry between these … Continue reading Panthers need a healthy Huberdeau and Barkov to succeed

In this post, I will take a look back at the 2013 NHL Draft Class for the Panthers. 2nd Overall Pick- Aleksander Barkov, C With the second overall pick in 2013, the Panthers had an opportunity to take Defenseman Seth Jones. They passed on him for the quiet Finn Sasha Barkov. It turned out to … Continue reading Taking a look back at the Panthers 2013 NHL Draft Class

Yesterday in our nation's capitol, James Reimer recorded the second of back to back shutouts to end the year for the Panthers. Sadly, Reimer's heroics came too late as the team had been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs over a week ago. A lot of changes were done to a once 103 point team but … Continue reading Dale Tallon reinstated as GM of the Florida Panthers; Tom Rowe relieved of his coaching duties

First of all Happy Birthday to my website! One year ago today, I started my Panthers blogging journey. It has been a wild and fun ride. I'm not going away anytime soon. Sadly the Panthers 2017 Coaching Search Series is, as this is my final article. I will be rating my top 10 of the … Continue reading Florida Panthers Coaching Search Wrap Up: Top 10 Coaches from My Lists

All good things must come to an end and sadly this is the last part of our coaching search. We have seven more names to go. Part 1 and Part 2 are a little farther down the front page but enough chit-chat and let's get rollin! Dallas Eakins Experience as an NHL Head Coach: Yes … Continue reading Florida Panthers Coaching Search 2017, Part 3