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It may be that some fans who jumped on the Florida Panthers’ bandwagon as they stacked victory after victory onto the caravan ... are ready to jump off again.
That’s what happens when a team starts the season as poorly as the Panthers did, ranking 28th in the NHL in points as of Jan. 30. Since then, however, the Panthers are 15-4-1, putting them on the brink of a playoff spot.
But the Panthers suffered a bad home loss on Monday, falling 5-3 to the out-of-contention Ottawa Senators.