He just wanted to do some different stuff. He'll be missed. He got along with the players. He got along with the coach. I wish he was still here. |
He'll bring a good work ethic and a great attitude to the team. He'll have an impact. |
He's a 24-year-old with a 50-year-old's knees. We made him a very nice offer … but there was no way we could come close to the money Danbury was offering and stay within the salary-cap guidelines. |
I think we're OK. We're going to look at bringing some kids in. |
I'm very disappointed. We made the commitment to Mark in the summer when he signed on board. He told me personally (Thursday) that it had nothing to do with the team, the players on the team or the coach. He just felt this was an opportunity he could not refuse and he was going to take it. |
If he could get it fixed, knowing Troy, he'll be back out there. But this is unfortunate. We'll just have to move forward. |
In the interim, we'll probably change our lines around a little bit. There's no way we're going to replace him over the weekend. How we replace him, we're unsure at this time. We don't know if maybe we can get somebody who's in Europe now and wants to come back (to North America), or maybe we make a trade to acquire an offensive forward. |
It's a situation where we can't provide the ice time for Jeff. And he's never complained about his ice time. Never. He's always taken what was dealt him and handled it really well. We can't give him the ice time he needs. |
It's better than (learning) right off the bat he's done for the year. We're hoping they don't find any more (damage) and that he'll be back playing soon. |
It's broken in a couple places. He went back to Fort Wayne. He'll have a doctor's appointment on Monday. I don't know what they'll do or if they'll do (anything) right away. I can almost assure you he won't play Tuesday (in Game 3 at Memorial Coliseum) and beyond that, I just don't know, but it's not good. |
It's going to be tough to find anybody who brings what Galbraith brings to the table. |
Let's say you find (one) who can really play the game and deliver bone-crunching checks and fight with the best of them. If you can find a guy who can do that, you would definitely go after him. But it seems the heavyweights are going by the wayside. |
Nothing's out of the realm of possibility right now. |
The players are on audition every night. You go through your bumps and high points and low points. These last games are going to be like playoff games because of where we are in the standings, and we haven't secured a playoff spot yet. These games are vitally important. |
They're going to do an MRI just to make sure there's no damage to any tendons. I'm not sure when the MRI will be done; probably in the next couple days. Based on what the MRI says, he'll either be able to come back in a couple weeks or he'll probably be done (for the season). Right now, we're looking at him being out a couple weeks. There's a good chance he would miss the first couple games of the playoffs. But we'll know more after the MRI is done. |