FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — All players and coaches were at work on Wednesday at the Florida Panthers' practice facility. Nobody was on the ice. That's a nice problem to have right now.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — All players and coaches were at work on Wednesday at the Florida Panthers' practice facility. Nobody was on the ice.Florida will open the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs at home. That much is certain. The opponent — Boston or Toronto — won't be decided until at least Thursday. And when Game 1 of the next series will happen is anybody's guess.
The Panthers have some experience with this. They went nearly a week from the end of a Round 2 win over Toronto to the start of the Eastern Conference finals against Carolina last year, They waited almost a week and a half between the end of that series with the Hurricanes and the start of the Stanley Cup Final against Vegas.
There's also the array of bumps and bruises that everyone has at this time of year, which is why the treatment rooms saw all the activity at the Panthers' facility on Wednesday while the ice stayed empty.
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