The NHL took advantage of holding All-Star Weekend in South Florida by holding two Skills Competition events outside in the sun.

The Florida Panthers will have a new general manager next season, making the announcement early Monday that Dale Tallon is leaving the franchise after 10 years. For the last decade, Dale raised the teams profile, attracted key players to South Florida and brought character and class to our franchise, Viola said. And Roberto Luongo, the longtime Panthers goalie whose jersey was retired by the club earlier this year, is expected to remain with Florida. Luongo was brought on this season as a special advisor to Tallon, but is not believed to be a GM candidate. And if Quenneville turns the Panthers into a winner, once again Tallon will be watching from elsewhere.

Here we are wading into the deep end of summer where hockey season is but a distant memory for many. And that team, of course, is the Detroit Red Wings. And I have done just that in this piece titled "Red Wings 2019-20 season lineup: Here's what it could look like." Eleven Red Wings are set to come off the books in 2020. Greg Johnson, who played for the Detroit Red Wings in the early-to-mid 1990s, has died.