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SUNRISE, Fla. -- For Shawn Thornton, the moment will be bittersweet.The Florida Panthers will unveil their Atlantic Division championship banner on Thursday night, the last official piece of last seasons business before this new season opens at home against the New Jersey Devils.For fans, itll be a nice moment. For players, maybe not so much.Its cool that theres a banner going up, Thornton said. But in my opinion, theres only one banner that counts.Theres still no Stanley Cup in the Panthers collection, a void the team thinks it has a legitimate shot at filling this season. Boasting a mix of veterans -- Jaromir Jagr is 44 and led the team in scoring last season, Thornton is likely going into his last season at 39, goalie Roberto Luongo is 37 and still seeking his first touch of hockeys chalice -- and a talented young core, expectations are probably higher around Florida than ever.Luongo thinks even the division banner will serve as a motivator.I think more than anything its going to remind everybody of the work that you need to put in to be successful in the regular season, Luongo said. Its a long year. Its a grind. Its not something that just happens. You have to put in the work. You have to sacrifice.Luongo even being on the ice for opening night shows that he put in plenty of work.He had hip surgery in May and the Panthers were far from convinced this summer that their No. 1 goalie would be ready to go when the games started counting for real. They even made certain deals this offseason with the belief that Luongo might be sidelined for the early portion of the regular season, doing so out of an abundance of caution.But Luongo went through an aggressive rehab program and got back on the ice in plenty of time for camp and the season.I wouldnt have known exactly what to expect, Luongo said, when asked if he would have guessed in May that he would be ready in October. But its here and were excited. I think as a group, we want to get it going and start off on the right foot. Its like a kid on Christmas Eve.Panthers coach Gerard Gallant wasnt surprised that Luongo was ready this soon.I know Louie works hard in the offseason and works hard with his therapy, Gallant said. 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Tim Hill Jersey .C. -- Al Jefferson joked that he feels he can score from anywhere on the court.Paul Farbrace urged England to show more resilience and fight after the tourists folded to 80-5 on day two of the second Test against India.Although England rallied through Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow to reach 103-5 at stumps, they remain 352 runs behind their hosts who chalked up 455 in their first innings.World No 1 spinner Ravichandran Ashwin cranked up the pressure on the visitors, returning 2-20, while debutant Jayant Yadav also impressed with 1-11 off seven testing overs. Englands cause wasnt helped when Joe Root (53) ran out Haseeb Hameed for 13 and then fell trying to hit Ashwin over the top, and Farbrace said the players had to show more collective application with the bat.We were very pleased with this morning - we thought we showed some good skills with the ball - but then we are massively disappointed with this afternoon and this evening.Cooky [Alastair Cook] got out to an excellent ball and then young Has was run out; when you lose a wicket to a run out its always a tough one to take. Alastair Cooks off-stump is broken by a Mohammad Shami There was that period where we looked like we got a bit frenetic, we didnt cope particularly well and those are times when youve got to show a little bit more resilience and fight.We saw that at the end from Stokes and Bairstow, who showed that if you get stuck in and apply yourself you can bat on that surface. Weve got to adapt to it - we have no choice. Paul Farbrace admits Ben Duckett must improve his technique England have their work cut out to get close to Indias first innings total, which featured centuries from Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara, and Farbrace said the key would be to bat time.ddddddddddddhe key thing for tomorrow morning, and it is a very old cliche, is that we bat until drinks in that first hour and if Stokes and Bairstow can show the same courage, guts and good application of technique it will become slightly easier, he said.Whatever conditions you play in you have to believe that the longer you are there, the easier the conditions become and the more accustomed you come to them. David Gower has some batting tips for struggling Duckett Those two tomorrow morning have got to show the same fight theyve showed tonight and the hope is they can put a good partnership together and weve got to eke out as many runs as we can.Watch highlights of day two of the second Test at 2pm and 5pm on Sky Sports 2, each showing followed by the Verdict at 3pm and 6pm respectively. Make sure you join us for live coverage of day three from 3.45am on Sky Sports 2 and across our digital platforms.Also See:Watch highlightsDay two reportCommentaryScorecard ' ' '