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You could draw straws to figure out which one broke the [NHL Florida] Panthers’ back concerning general manager Mike Keenan. Pick one: The Panthers’ failure to make more than a ripple in free agency this summer [or] Keenan’s various clashes, some serious, some just velitations, with Panthers’ upper management and coach Jacques Martin. (David J. Neal, “Keenan Yielded Mixed Results in Role with Panthers, Miami Herald, 9/3/2006.)