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The hockey world is a tight community. Yet, its also a business. And with big money comes intense pressure to deliver. General managers, coaches and players are paid to win, and thus they come and go. They understand the realities of their jobs.But the firing of Gerard Gallant by the Florida Panthers?on Sunday night hit a collective nerve. Even tough hockey decisions normally meet a threshold of fairness, but it doesnt feel like this one did.The response I got to Gallants firing from team executives and coaches around the league was a universal shaking of the head. A coach who was nominated for the Jack Adams Award last season is gone just 22 games into the 2016-17 campaign -- while his team is over .500 and has battled key injuries since the get-go.The fact that photos surfaced of Gallant having to hail his own cab in Raleigh, North Carolina, after being told he was fired -- well, that just adds to the level of outrage for many.I suspect that Gallant knew he was on the clock from the moment former GM Dale Tallon was promoted to president of hockey operations last spring. Gallant had been Tallons coach. And now Tallon had been punted from the day-to-day hockey decision-making.You cant fire a coach right after he has been nominated for coach of the year, can you? But the Panthers canned Gallant. For no justifiable reason.Some of this has to do with a clash between the Panthers analytics group and old-school guys such as Tallon and Gallant. And Im not here to fan the flames of that debate. I think you need to keep an open mind to both analytics and how best to use that information, within the context of understanding what makes a player useful just from knowing the game. Theres room for both schools of thought in hockey, and Im mighty tired of people trying to make you pick a side.The silver lining for Gallant is that he has two more years on his contract past this season. He has time to make his next coaching gig a good one. And he will get another opportunity, to be sure. Hes too good a coach not to get another look soon. As my colleagues Craig Custance and Joe McDonald suggested, perhaps Las Vegas GM George McPhee will consider Gallant as a candidate to be the first coach of the expansion Vegas Golden Knights.What will be fascinating in Florida is how people assess credit/blame for the Panthers performance moving forward. Florida still has a great core, one that Tallon built and Gallant molded, players who love their former coach. If and when the Panthers achieve sustained success, will the narrative be about the new regime bringing the program to the next level or that the Tallon-Gallant partnership gave this team its true kick-start?There will be probably room for both. But what is clear is that Gallant deserved better.Wholesale Shoes Black Friday Free Shipping . Clarkson had been dealing with an elbow injury in early January and will be out of action for at least one week. He has three goals and five assists through 36 games with the Leafs this season. Fake Shoes Black Friday . The 28-year-old from Calgary matched his career best after missing just one shot in his two rounds of shooting in the mens 10-kilometre sprint competition. Smith finished in 23 minutes 15. https://www.cheapshoesblackfriday.com/ . -- When the Florida Panthers fell behind by two goals in the first period to the top team in the NHL, it appeared they were on their way to yet another loss. Discount Shoes Black Friday . Having already announced that the race will start May 9 with three stages in Northern Ireland and Ireland and finish in Trieste on June 1, the rest of the route was unveiled Monday. Buy Shoes Black Friday .Y. - Jerome Samson scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the St.(Sports Network) - The Miami Heat can close out the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night when Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinal matchup heads back to South Beach. You can watch the game on TSN and TSN Mobile TV at 7pm et/4pm pt. The Heat have won three in a row since their shocking Game 1 loss at home. Miami took both contests in Chicago, including an 88-65 drubbing of the Bulls on Monday. "Were always undermanned and have to put forth a lot of energy to make up for bodies we dont have," said Bulls reserve forward Taj Gibson. "Tonight we just didnt have the energy. No excuses. We just did not have it." The 65 points was a franchise playoff low for a Chicago team that only managed nine points in the third quarter of Game 4. They also shot an all-time postseason-worst 25.7 percent from the floor. Since the Game 1 win, the Bulls have lost by an average of 23.3 ppg and all three losses came by double digits. Of course, the Bulls are decimated by injuries. Derrick Rose hasnt played since he tore his ACL in the first playoff game last season. Luol Deng and Kirk Hinrich have both missed this entire series. "Theyre in a tough situation," said LeBron James, the reigning MVP. "Theyve had some injuries and illnesses and whatevers going on. They dont have their full roster. But thats not for us to worry about. They beat a very good Brooklyn team without their full roster." Some of the Bulls pointed to that Brooklyn series. The Nets were down 3-1 to Chicago, but forced a Gaame 7.dddddddddddd "Its disappointing. But there is still basketball left," said Joakim Noah, who was named to the All-Defensive First Team on Monday. "Its not the end. Its do or die. Weve got to go to Miami and get a win and go to Game 6." Carlos Boozer led the Bulls in Game 4 with 14 points and 12 rebounds. Jimmy Butler, Gibson and Rip Hamilton, who hadnt played all series long, all scored in double figures. James paced the Heat with 27 points, eight assists and seven rebounds, which were all team-highs. Chris Bosh netted 14 and blocked four shots. Nine other Miami players scored on Monday night, although Mike Miller and Joel Anthony were the only Heat players who didnt score on Monday. Both played less than three minutes. Dwyane Wade has been noticeably absent from the scoring column. Hes only averaged 11.2 ppg during this series and only managed six points in Game 4. Wade has been plagued by knee troubles and the extra rest hes been getting hasnt helped. He missed a good portion of the end of the regular season, sat out Game 4 of the Heats first-round series with the Milwaukee Bucks, and had a week off before the Bulls series began. "Sometimes it feels good, sometimes it doesnt," Wade told the Palm Beach Post. "Just try to go out there and continue to do what I can." The Bulls did win Game 1 in Miami and took one of the regular-season meetings at American Airlines Arena. If Chicago wins on Wednesday, Game 6 will be Friday night in the Windy City. ' ' '