BY GEORGE RICHARDS

Jacques Martin signed a new contract with the Panthers that lasts through the 2011-12 season, the team announced Friday.

He has plenty of work to do in the coming months.

Martin coached the Panthers the past three seasons before being relieved of that duty last month, and one o ...(more)

BY DAVID J. NEAL

The Panthers still don't know who their next coach will be, but they've signed their recently dismissed coach, Jacques Martin, to remain as general manager through the 2011-12 season.

Which means Martin will be GM -- or at least paid to be GM -- for longer than he was head coach, the position for ...(more)

Inside Shots

Jacques Martin will not return to the Panthers bench next season, with team owner Alan Cohen deciding to make a coaching change after Florida missed the postseason for a seventh straight season.

Martin, who coached the Panthers for three seasons, will remain o ...(more)

BY GEORGE RICHARDS

When the Panthers traded for Wade Belak in February, he gave the team an element it had been missing for a while.

After Monday, the Panthers won't be looking for an enforcer for some time.

Belak, one of the game's toug ...(more)