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How Kyle Okposo is approaching his new role with the Panthers

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Kyle Okposo knew it all in Buffalo. Through nearly eight seasons, Okposo set a tone for the Sabres. He was a guy with the answers.

Then Okposo was traded to Florida -- for defenseman Calle Sjalin and a conditional 2024 seventh-round pick -- on March 8.

Suddenly, he had nothing but questions.

"It's so many little things," Okposo told ESPN. "Like, what do you wear on the plane here? Do you wear ties? Where do you sit on the bus? All those details you don't have to think about when you're somewhere for a really long time.