CBS Miami · Sep 2, 2020
Florida Panthers Hire Blue Jackets’ Bill Zito As General Manager
SUNRISE (AP) – The Florida Panthers spent three weeks searching for a general manager, and it didn’t take long for them to suspect that Bill Zito was the best candidate.
The more they searched, the more convinced they got.
Zito was announced Tuesday as the new Panthers’ general manager, coming to Florida after seven years in the front office of the Columbus Blue Jackets — where he most recently was senior vice president of hockey operations, associate general manager, and alternate governor. He takes over in Florida for Dale Tallon, whose contract expired when the Panthers’ season ended last month.
Zito, 55, said he was “humbled and honored” to take the job.