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The Florida Panthers are off to a slow start this season -- but not because they have played poorly.
Florida will play its home opener on Thursday night against the Columbus Blue Jackets. While many other NHL teams have already played three and four games this season -- Columbus, for example, is 2-1-0 -- the Panthers are 0-0-1 and have been off since last Saturday.
But the Panthers aren’t worried. They finished one point short of the playoffs last season are a trendy pick to make the postseason in 2019.