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Panthers coach on Koistinen benching: "He couldn't help us"

In this photo taken Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, Flordia Panthers' Ville Koistinen attends team practice in Helsinki, Finland. Finland will host National Hockey League games for the first time when the Chicago Blackhawks and Florida Panthers square off Friday and Saturday at the 13,000 capacity Hartwall Arena. (AP Photo/LEHTIKUVA, Antti Aimo-Koivisto)

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4 months ago: In this photo taken Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, Flordia Panthers' Ville Koistinen attends team practice in Helsinki, Finland. Finland will host National Hockey League games for the first time when the Chicago Blackhawks and Florida Panthers square off Friday and Saturday at the 13,000 capacity Hartwall Arena. (AP Photo/LEHTIKUVA, Antti Aimo-Koivisto)


Ville Koistinen

#6 / Defenseman / Florida Panthers

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Jun 17, 1982



Speculation over an apparent divide between Florida coach Peter DeBoer and defenseman forward Ville Koistinen has reached a new low: watching his minutes drop from game to game, he was finally benched for the Panthers' visit to Washington on Saturday.

The Miami Herald reports his two shifts that evening represented a season-low, even following the loss of forward Gregory Campbell to an injury.

On top of the Clemmensen Fiasco, is this yet another case of a coach and his player not reading from the same book?

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