Florida Panthers announce the firing of coach Gerard Gallant

Gerrard Gallant is out.

The Panthers will now have the chance to implement their philosophies top-down, as GM Tom Rowe has been named interim coach. “It was nice obviously to get the lead at that point in the game, and really nice to get my first of the year”. Viktor Stalberg, Jeff Skinner and Derek Ryan scored in a productive span early in the second period as the Hurricanes won their fifth home game in a row.

Looking at the accomplishments of Gerard Gallant, many would believe he would considered as a successful hockey coach.

Ekblad made it 2-0 on an unusual play. “He made some great saves”. He finished with 85 goals and 100 assists in 357 games.

“I couldn’t stand watching him on the ice”, Gallant said that night in Canada. “I felt better as the game went on”.

Florida’s Jaromir Jagr played in his 1,651st National Hockey League game, tying him with Chris Chelios for fifth in National Hockey League history. They also got 44-year-old Jaromir Jagr to re-sign for a second time.

As for reactions to the firing, TSN’s Frank Seravalli commented on the matter in an early-morning article on Monday: “as odd as Sunday’s scene was, the sense is the tension between Gallant and Florida’s front office had been bubbling under the surface for some time”. “Gerard, I think, was frustrated by some of the personnel changes that happened this summer and they went in the analytics direction, that’s the bottom line”.

As if things couldn’t get worse, a couple of minutes after that the Canes lost Jordan Staal to an upper-body injury. Jokinen and Huberdeau were the team’s second and third leading scorers last season – and Aleksander Barkov was off to a slow start this year with just two goals in 22 games. It snapped a streak of 25 straight penalty kills dating back to late October.

A stretch pass from Victor Rask found Skinner for a breakaway – Ekblad in pursuit – and his ninth of the season at 7:12 of the period. The Panthers had 16 first-period shots a night after a totaling 23 shots in 65 minutes in their 2-1 shootout victory against Columbus.

“The message has been sent and we need to be better and we will be, starting tonight”. “Leights” was huge for us and especially after we got the lead”. He did not play in any games this year. Furthermore, the Panthers added both Jason Demers and James Reimer in the off-season and those acquisitions had to raise the bar in Florida. This game began Florida’s season-long six-game road trip, with the next stop Tuesday night in Chicago.