Team president says Bill Zito making needed changes to Florida Panthers

In his first few weeks on the job, new Florida Panthers general manager Bill Zito was too busy to start looking for a house in South Florida.

With a lot of the heavy lifting out of the way, team president Matt Caldwell says he told Zito to call a realtor.

“In my view, Bill has just done a tremendous job,’’ Caldwell said Monday evening.

“He really hit the ground running. This afternoon, I told him to go and look for a damn house already. He has been working nonstop”

There is still work to be done on the Panthers’ roster — as well as try to get defenseman MacKenzie Weegar signed to a deal in advance of his arbitration hearing — before the upcoming season starts.