As a first-time head coach and second-year play-caller in the NFL, Canales is in a very difficult spot. He is navigating a roster that is both depleted of talent and dealing with long-term injuries to standout players while bearing the responsibility of putting his offense in the right position to succeed.

Bryce Young got some reps on Sunday in the Carolina Panthers' matchup with the Chicago Bears, but if first-year head coach Dave Canales' postgame comments are any indication, it wasn't a precursor to Young reassuming the starting quarterback job.

The year-two Bryce Young reclamation project that the Carolina Panthers hired Dave Canales to lead turned out to only last two games before Young was

Freedom was the word that Florida coach Paul Maurice kept saying to his team over the final days of the Stanley Cup Final. Play with freedom, he said. He wanted the team loose, to remember that the work had been done, to trust what had gotten the Panthers to the final and helped them take a 3-0 lead.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It took Florida coach Paul Maurice 30 years to win a Stanley Cup championship ring. And after he was handed the box holding his new piece of jewelry on Monday, he had to wait about 30 minutes before he could actually look at the prize.

The Florida Panthers raise their Stanley Cup banner ahead of the team's season opener against the Boston Bruins.