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Florida Panthers: Jim Montgomery Withdrawls From Coaching Candidacy

As per the report from Sportsnet, it was discovered that Montgomery would remove his name from the coaching candidate contest. Jim has been favored to become our new head coach, for quite some time. It was shocking to hear that he would be dropping out of the candidacy. In result, the Panthers will need to shift their attention towards another candidate.

While many of us are wondering why Montgomery removed his name from the candidacy, it was reported that Jim was content with coaching University of Denver, and didn’t want to leave. Mike Chamers of the Denver Post received a text from Jim saying the following: “My family and I are very happy here”.