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"I knew there was no problem, that I should be playing hockey. I was just hoping that someone would...
"I knew there was no problem, that I should be playing hockey. I was just hoping that someone would trust [the] doctors and me. Florida did, that's why I appreciate it."
— Tomas Fleischmann on his return from a pulmonary embolism, diagnosed and treated a year ago, to star for the Panthers, earning him the club's Masterton Trophy nomination for 2011-12

