The Panthers made the move official Tuesday when they hired former Blackhawks assistant coach Mike Kitchen for the same role.
Kitchen, 63, is a longtime trusted assistant for Joel Quenneville, who was named the Panthers head coach April 8. The pair won two Stanley Cup championships together in 2013 and 2015 with the Blackhawks.
Chicago fired Kitchen as an assistant in April 2017 following a first-round sweep at the hands of the Predators. Kitchen has stayed out of coaching since then and even reportedly turned down a job with the Wild.