The scene was the bowels of Madison Square Garden during the late afternoon of October 23rd.
Bob Boughner was surrounded by reporters during his pregame press briefing, all of whom were asking probing questions regarding a team that at the time had lost five of its first six games and did not at all appear to be one of the trendy preseason picks to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Eventually, Boughner was asked if he thought the start of the 2018-19 Florida Panthers season was similar to how the 2017-18 edition began theirs.
“It feels different,” Boughner said at the time.