Andrew Brunette Gets His Job, Heads Back to Nashville Predators

FLORIDA HOCKEY NOW

The Panthers are playing the Vegas Golden Knights and, unknown to them at the time, helped build them into a team which has made the playoffs in five of their six seasons in the NHL.

Now, Vegas is back in the Final for the second time — and will be facing the Panthers.

Jonathan Marchessault and Reilly Smith, players the Panthers gave up at the 2017 expansion draft, have been a big part of Vegas’ success.

— Gus Forsling has been one of Florida’s unsung heroes during this run to the Cup Final and he had a big hand in beating the Hurricanes — the team which waived him in 2021 allowing the panthers to snap him up. Story publishes at 9:30 a.m.

— Patric Hornqvist has not played for the Panthers since December but he is doing everything he can to help his team reach that ultimate goal.

”I am happy, so glad we are in this position right now,’’ Hornqvist said. “To be through that journey, for me, is so special. I feel spoiled to be part of it one more time.”

— The Panthers have another odd postgame ritual during these playoffs. It involves a rawhide dog chew. It is apparently not tasty, either.

— Now we know Pete DeBoer will be rooting for his longtime friend Paul Maurice in the Cup Final after the Stars got the boot from the Knights on Monday night.

— Is this too much time off for the Panthers?

— There is a TON of video is up on the FHN YouTube Channel including Game 4 postgame reaction from Paul Maurice, Sergei Bobrovsky, Matthew Tkachuk, Anton Lundell, Sasha Barkov and Aaron Ekblad.

There will also be plenty of off-day video coming as we work our way through the week.

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NATIONAL HOCKEY NOW

The Vegas Golden Knights saw the Panthers having a lot of fun with the Prince of Wales Trophy the other night — and went the other way.

— Taking a look at some of the Boston Bruins free agents, including one Tyler Bertuzzi. Could he be heading south?

— The Montreal Canadiens have an interesting decision to make when it comes to Samuel Montembeault.

— Either Kyle Dubas accepts the GM job or the Pittsburgh Penguins are moving on.

— Would trading Carter Hart be in the best interests of the Philadelphia Flyers?

— Did the San Jose Sharks give up on Adin Hill a little too soon? The Golden Knights think so.