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Scouting Report:
The Florida Panthers want to be the Pittsburgh Penguins.
It is not just that the Penguins are the reigning Stanley Cup champions, but how they won.
The Penguins fired their coach (Mike Johnston) on Dec. 12, 2015, and replaced him with Mike Sullivan, who was running their American Hockey League affiliate. The Penguins got hot after that and won the Stanley Cup.
The Panthers fired their coach (Gerard Gallant) on Nov. 27, 2016, and replaced him with Tom Rowe, who ran their AHL affiliate the past three years.