WINNIPEG - If you thought big cats were being phased out of the circus, you obviously aren’t familiar with the Florida Panthers.
The NHL’s most polarizing team and its travelling sideshow made a stop in Winnipeg Thursday, just in time for another media explosion stemming from news about their bizarre management structure.
Mired in a 2-3-3 rut since head coach Gerard Gallant was fired and replaced on an interim basis by general manager Tom Rowe, the Panthers have perplexing questions to answer throughout the organization, including this big one:
Who is in charge?
Respected TSN insiders Darren Dreger and Bob McKenzie were both reporting Thursday that former general manager Dale Tallon is back in a similar role, dealing with other GMs around the league, after getting bumped up to president of hockey operations earlier this year.