Tallon does it again: Skrudland, Murphy return to Florida Panthers
by Donny Rivette on Jul 6, 2010 11:51 AM EDT
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PrintAs promised, Panthers general manager Dale Tallon continues to reinvigorate a notoriously stoic and bland organization with an infusion of talent from not only a fresh, aggressive new philosophy employed at the recent Entry Draft, but grabbing some of the best hockey minds from the most successful period of its history.
Former Florida captain Brian Skrudland and defenseman Gord Murphy - both "original" Panthers from the inaugural season of 1993-94 - have been hired by the club; an official announcement is forthcoming.
Skrudland, 46, one of the finer defensive forwards of his period, spent four years with the Cats; he won two Stanley Cups (MON '86, DAL '99) in a 16-season career. He'll be Tallon's new Director of Player Development; i.e. providing oversight of and assistance to younger players as they progress to the NHL.
Murphy, 43, played six years for Florida in a 14-season career. Tabbed as Peter DeBoer's assistant coach (defence), he'll join Jim Hulton on the bench, replacing the departed Mike Kitchen. Murphy has spent the past seven years as an AC in Columbus.
Neither former player has had any involvement with the organization over the past decade, so they're off the hook for the usual, deserved groans about this club's lack of postseason involvement. Long before Martin and Keenan and Taticek and Murray, hockey was indeed a hot topic in SoFLA, and these two gentlemen were each an integral piece of it.
UPDATE: Official release here. Conference calls with Tallon, DeBoer, Murphy, and Skrudland are now included. The last two of which are of the Must-Listen variety.
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This is what I like best about this current period in Panthers history. Dale Tallon isn’t just rebuilding the team on the ice, he’s changing the entire culture of the team. He’s taking apart the apparatus that has failed us before in so many various and sundry incarnations and turning it into something admirable, recognizable and most of all confident.
I like this move, but this is all secondary to the product that gets put on the ice the next three seasons.
Seriously, all of the front office moves don’t mean much of anything if the team isn’t winning, that’s understood, I’m just saying that what’s being done reflects positivity for the organization for once rather than some stale pointless deal or something that essentially gets us nowhere and we’re all scrambling to justify.
just the fact that he’s embraced the brief history we’ve had makes me confident the guy knows what he’s doing, and that he’s DIFFERENT from the previous attempts. then looking at the draft and other on-ice things he has done makes me jump up and down. no one should be expecting anything too special on the ice this season, but for once we have a man in charge that KNOWS how to build a team, literally from the ground up.
we’ve said it over and over again, but the Hawks were in very much the same position as we are and now they’re on the top of the world, because of Dale’s efforts. he’s already destroyed one team’s losing culture and replaced it with a Cup. he’s now starting that process here.
You mean Skrewy and Murph weren’t SPONSORED? Say it ain’t so…
by Donny Rivette on Jul 7, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
THIS JUST IN
Jet blue tail fin being surgically implanted into Scrudlands head.
MURPHY GETS JUSTIN BIEBER TATTOO!
by milhouse on Jul 7, 2010 10:58 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
hey guys, just wanted to wish you a big congrats on landing Gord Murphy. He’s a family friend. Very good coach too. Columbus obviously didn’t know what they were doin when they let him go. Florida will rise again!
He’s got a lot of fans here; couldn’t be happier to have him around the barn again. Touch of Class.
by Donny Rivette on Jul 6, 2010 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Nathan Paetsch a Panther
per Panthers website (removed since)…
Referring to this?
http://panthers.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8469509
Looks all neat and tidy.
by Donny Rivette on Jul 7, 2010 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions
NHLPA
It’s official according to the NHLPA. But the Panthers link didn’t work for me.
by panthersfan27 on Jul 7, 2010 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Up on the main page now. Thanks for the break, Pilchino.
by Donny Rivette on Jul 7, 2010 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions
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Not that we were at all interested, but per LeBrun via Twitter:
Hearing that Rob Niedermayer has agreed to terms with the Buffalo Sabres.
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