via Harvey Fialkov and Keven Lerner of the SunSentinel,

The Florida Panthers continued their front-office shakeup by firing director of player personnel Scott Luce, according to a source.

Luce, a longtime member of the Panthers' scouting department, was let go by the team on Sunday night after reportedly meeting with newly promoted general manager Tom Rowe in Canada earlier in the day.

Luce was responsible for the Panthers drafting several top players, including Aleksander Barkov, Aaron Ekblad, Erik Gudbranson, Jonathan Huberdeau and Dmitry Kulikov.

Luce spent 14 years with the Panthers after after joining the club’s scouting staff on July 11, 2002. He previously served as the team's director of scouting.

In recent weeks, the Panthers have restructured their front office. In addition to naming Rowe general manager, former general manager Dale Tallon was promoted to president of hockey operations while Eric Joyce and Steve Werier were named co-assistant general managers.

Outsiders have expressed surprise over the front-office shake-up coming on the heels of the franchise's best regular season ever.