So a funny thing happened to me the other day.

The Florida Panthers fired head coach Gerard Gallant and assistant coach Mike Kelly and the hockey world went ballistic.

Former Panthers head coach Doug MacLean spoke about it on The Jeff Blair Show. He was pretty mad.

Elliotte Friedman then spoke to new head coach Tom Rowe.

Then Gerard Gallant himself issued a statement.

Even I had something to say.

And there’s a lot more where that came from.

The recurring theme in all of the Gallant talk was, “What were the Panthers thinking?”

I was wondering the same thing.

Well, since the Panthers are the newly-dubbed “Computer Boys” of the NHL, surely I can get a hold of these guys on Twitter, right?

That is Doug Cifu, a Florida Panthers partner and CEO of Virtu Financial. Well wouldn’t you know it…

So Doug Cifu will be calling in to be a part of the next Steve Dangle Podcast. To sweeten the pot a bit, Chris Johnston will be joining us in studio to talk about all things Leafs, all things NHL, and just to catch up because he’s a swell fellow.

I know lots of people have questions and opinions about the recent Panthers news, so if you have any questions for Doug Cifu, leave a comment or tweet it at me (@Steve_Dangle).