from Dave Hyde of the Sun Sentinel,

Think of what’s happening here:

They got the coach everyone wanted.

They got the goalie everyone wanted.

They spent north of $90 million last summer in free agency, filled in holes and filled out hope, and talked all summer like the results would be coming in the time it takes water to freeze.

Here are the results: They’ve lost seven of their past nine games since the All-Star break. They’re four points and a logjam of teams from making the playoffs entering Sunday’s play — a low bar, considering if you just put on skates, you’re halfway there.

The Panthers’ star coach, Joel Quenneville, stood outside the locker room Saturday night and pronounced his team was guilty of one of the worst sins in sports.

“We don’t play hard enough," he said after a 4-1 loss to Edmonton.

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