As the NFL shuffles its schedule and the MLB prepares for Category 5 Hurricane Irma, the Florida Panthers are taking their own precautions ahead of a potential South Florida impact.
George Richards of the Miami Herald reported Thursday that the Panthers have "chartered a plane to shuttle players, staff members and their families to Boston" in advance of the hurricane.
The flight, which is also open to players or staff members' pets, is being paid for by the team. And the Panthers could ultimately opt to remain in Massachusetts -- Springfield, to be exact, home of their American Hockey League affiliate -- for training camp "depending on the extent of the damage in and around Broward County."
"We have the facilities in Springfield and could start camp there if we had to," Panthers CEO Matthew Caldwell said, per Richards. "We hope this is just a couple days up in Massachusetts and a flight home. But we don't know what's going to happen, don't know what we will sustain. We have a good mix of players going up there and they'll have great facilities in Boston. Hopefully everything works out here and we can fly them back in a few days."
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