There was a wide range of emotions that the Florida Panthers all enjoyed in the immediate aftermath of securing their first conference finals trip in 27 years. Extreme joy and elation at first. Then a quieter, more contemplative celebration. And then, exhaustion.
There was a wide range of emotions that the Florida Panthers all enjoyed in the immediate aftermath of securing their first conference finals trip in 27 years.
They ousted the Maple Leafs in five games, after ousting a record-setting Boston team in seven games in Round 1. Their reward: The Eastern Conference Final against Carolina, which eliminated New Jersey. The NHL hasn't said when the Panthers-Hurricanes series will start. The changes were for a purpose: general manager Bill Zito and the Panthers' braintrust knew that team, as constructed then, wasn't good enough to win a Stanley Cup. It needed an edge. It needed Tkachuk.
"I've got two kind of drivers of this," Maurice said. "One is Bill Zito, who did more than just change the coach with that mentality -- `we've got to play a different game than we played.' The other is the kind of willingness that the players said yes. It got a little tough there ... but the players were good about it."
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