If you’re a Florida Panthers fan, if you waited a quarter-century for success like last season, you trust general manager Bill Zito pushed another right button and made another proper decision Thursday in introducing Paul Maurice as coach.
This wasn’t the easy or even the popular move for Zito. That would have been bringing back interim coach Andrew Brunette to build on last season. No one would have said a word, much less raised a question.
But Zito is trying to do what he’s done a lot over the past two years, which means to take someone other teams didn’t necessarily covet, maybe a name he sees as special, and make the perfect fit for the Panthers.
