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Shakeup Woke-Up Panthers
by Paul on 12/26/08 at 07:37 AM ET
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from George Richards of the Miami Herald, .
..Florida lost that night, 4-2 to the red-hot Boston Bruins. The Panthers were 7-11-1.
‘‘We had hit a crossroads in the season,’’ DeBoer said.
As soon as the team got back, Martin put enforcer Wade Belak on waivers. Players were shocked.
Belak, who had signed a two-year deal to stay with the team in the offseason, cleared waivers and was welcomed back. Then he was traded to Nashville.
The Panthers haven’t been the same since.
‘‘I didn’t have a problem with Wade; he worked hard every day and did his job,’’ DeBoer said before Florida beat Belak’s Predators 3-0 on Tuesday. ``But at that point of the season, we needed to shake things up. He was a casualty of that. He’s gone on and done good things for Nashville.
``We’ve turned our season around, but it wasn’t because of Wade Belak or because of that trade. That would be simplifying it a bit. But everyone on our team needed to be put on notice, know that status quo wasn’t going to be good enough.’‘
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