Florida Panthers head coach Bob Boughner gives instructions to his team during the first period of an NHL regular season hockey game against the New York Islanders at the BB&T Center on Thursday, April 4, 2019 in Sunrise. DAVID SANTIAGO dsantiago@miamiherald.com
About 12 hours after finishing their third consecutive season missing the playoffs and 16th in the last 18 NHL season, the Florida Panthers fired head coach Bob Boughner on Sunday morning.
The Panthers also dumped assistant coach Paul McFarland.
Despite a roster generally considered among the most offensively talented in the NHL, both years under Boughner, the Panthers continued the long-established trend of failure: slow start, midseason scramble to get back into the playoff race, falling short.