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General manager Rick Dudley was fired on May 24, 2004. Two days later Dudley was replaced by the head coach he had fired months earlier, Mike Keenan, while Jacques Martin was named the team’s new head coach.
Schedule
The Panthers preseason and regular season schedules were announced on July 12 and July 14, 2004, respectively.
2004–05 schedule
Preseason
Game
Date
Opponent
1
September 26
@ Nashville Predators
2
September 27
Carolina Hurricanes
3
September 29
@ Ottawa Senators
4
October 1
@ Carolina Hurricanes
5
October 3
@ Tampa Bay Lightning
6
October 8
Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season
Game
Date
Opponent
1
October 14
Philadelphia Flyers
2
October 16
@ Tampa Bay Lightning
3
October 19
@ Toronto Maple Leafs
4
October 21
@ Boston Bruins
5
October 23
Pittsburgh Penguins
6
October 27
Atlanta Thrashers
7
October 29
Nashville Predators
8
October 31
Washington Capitals
9
November 3
Montreal Canadiens
10
November 5
@ New York Rangers
11
November 6
@ New York Islanders
12
November 9
@ Ottawa Senators
13
November 12
Calgary Flames
14
November 14
Los Angeles Kings
15
November 17
@ Anaheim Mighty Ducks
16
November 18
@ Los Angeles Kings
17
November 20
@ San Jose Sharks
18
November 24
New Jersey Devils
19
November 26
Vancouver Canucks
20
November 28
@ Washington Capitals
21
November 29
@ Pittsburgh Penguins
22
December 1
St. Louis Blues
23
December 4
@ Tampa Bay Lightning
24
December 8
Montreal Canadiens
25
December 11
@ Phoenix Coyotes
26
December 13
@ Colorado Avalanche
27
December 15
Buffalo Sabres
28
December 17
Carolina Hurricanes
29
December 19
@ Buffalo Sabres
30
December 21
@ Philadelphia Flyers
31
December 23
@ New York Rangers
32
December 26
@ Carolina Hurricanes
33
December 27
New Jersey Devils
34
December 29
Boston Bruins
35
December 31
New York Rangers
36
January 4
@ New York Islanders
37
January 6
@ Ottawa Senators
38
January 8
@ Montreal Canadiens
39
January 12
Washington Capitals
40
January 15
Tampa Bay Lightning
41
January 17
Atlanta Thrashers
42
January 19
Buffalo Sabres
43
January 21
Boston Bruins
44
January 22
@ Washington Capitals
45
January 24
@ Boston Bruins
46
January 26
Toronto Maple Leafs
47
January 28
Pittsburgh Penguins
48
January 29
Carolina Hurricanes
49
February 2
Chicago Blackhawks
50
February 4
@ Atlanta Thrashers
51
February 5
Anaheim Mighty Ducks
52
February 8
@ New Jersey Devils
53
February 9
@ Pittsburgh Penguins
54
February 16
Ottawa Senators
55
February 19
New York Islanders
56
February 20
Detroit Red Wings
57
February 22
@ Toronto Maple Leafs
58
February 24
@ Montreal Canadiens
59
February 26
@ Columbus Blue Jackets
60
February 27
@ Minnesota Wild
61
March 2
Toronto Maple Leafs
62
March 4
@ Atlanta Thrashers
63
March 5
Tampa Bay Lightning
64
March 7
Ottawa Senators
65
March 9
Edmonton Oilers
66
March 11
Washington Capitals
67
March 12
@ Carolina Hurricanes
68
March 15
Philadelphia Flyers
69
March 18
@ Washington Capitals
70
March 19
Tampa Bay Lightning
71
March 21
Atlanta Thrashers
72
March 23
@ Dallas Stars
73
March 24
@ Nashville Predators
74
March 26
@ Tampa Bay Lightning
75
March 28
@ Atlanta Thrashers
76
March 30
New York Rangers
77
April 1
New York Islanders
78
April 3
@ Buffalo Sabres
79
April 5
@ Philadelphia Flyers
80
April 6
@ New Jersey Devils
81
April 8
Carolina Hurricanes
82
April 10
@ Carolina Hurricanes
Transactions
The Panthers were involved in the following transactions from June 8, 2004, the day after the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, through February 16, 2005, the day the 2004–05 season was officially cancelled.