The Florida Panthers are a team who has faced adversity this year, clearly not of their own making. They got off to a dominant start in the Atlantic Division, going 7-0-0 before head coach Joel Quenneville resigned as a response to his participation in the Blackhawks’ astronomical failings to protect Kyle Beach.
None of this, of course, was on the Florida Panthers, or any guy on that team. Luckily for them, their talent went deeper than their head coach. Also luckily for them, Quenneville was replaced by Andrew Brunette, who has proven to be more than capable of keeping the Panthers on the playoff trajectory that they’ve been on the past several seasons.