Dave Barr has gone from an assistant coach with the Buffalo Sabres to the Florida Panthers coaching staff, according to George Richards of the Miami Herald.
This news follows a major organizational shake-up in the front office for the Panthers, and after the club fired assistant coach John Madden.
Barr was named as an assistant coach with the Sabres last June.
CONFIRMED: #FlaPanthers hire Dave Barr from #Sabres as assistant coach, will likely head up power play.
— George Richards (@GeorgeRichards) June 2, 2016
During the regular season, the Sabres had the 12th best power play in the league at 18.9 per cent.
Barr, who joined the Sabres after four seasons as an assistant in New Jersey, is reunited with an old friend. Barr and Panthers coach Gerard Gallant played parts of five seasons together in Detroit, from 1987 to 1991. Gallant was looking for two assistants after firing John Madden during an organizational shakeup, and the Sabres were aware Barr was a candidate.