Tom Rowe isn't looking to give up his spot as head coach of the Florida Panthers.

The team's interim head coach - who took over for Gerard Gallant - is 30 games into his first NHL coaching stint and enjoying the new job.

"I would be lying if I said I didn't," Rowe said, according to George Richards of the Miami Herald.

Love it as he may, with Claude Julien now on the market after the Boston Bruins fired him Tuesday, the Panthers present a potential landing spot.

Rowe confirmed Thursday that the team hasn't asked permission to speak to Julien yet, but a Panthers source told Richards that the team will do so at the end of the regular season.

"It will be a group decision," Rowe said of whether or not he would return as coach next season.

In January, Panthers owner Doug Cifu said Rowe would remain the team's head coach through the rest of the regular season and "then we'll see how things shake out."

Of course, all this speculation depends on Julien remaining unemployed by season's end, which might not be the case given his track record.