Jacques Martin said that he has decided to accept the proposal of Panther’s team owner Alan Cohen to stay with the Panthers as a General Manager after he was sacked from the coaching duties of the team last week.  Jacques, a committed hockey coach, said that he was happy that he has been provided the opportunity to carry on with the work that he has started with the Panthers as the GM and is very much excited about the new challenge that he will be facing.

A formal announcement of the appointment of Martin as the Florida Panthers NHL team’s General Manager will be sometime during the course of the week. Jacques Martin held both the coaching job as well as the post of the General Manager of the Panthers during the 2006-07 season and the poor showing off the team resulted in him being stripped off the coaching job. Martin hopes to rebuild the confidence in the Panthers team and will do everything to help them to perform better in the season ahead.