The first day of training camp for these Florida Panthers was no syllabus day.
By the time the first hour of the first session was over Thursday in Coral Springs, Paul Maurice had already stopped practice and barked some colorful language at his new players. By the time those players trudged back to the locker rooms at the Florida Panthers IceDen, they were gassed after closing each session with about 30 minute of conditioning work and board battles.
If there was one similarity between the first day of camp and the first day of school, it was the endeavor of the instructor to set expectations, only Maurice wasn’t content to just tell his pupils what to expect. He wanted to show them.
