Litter Box Cats, a Florida Panthers community

"In my four years, I spent every ounce of energy to try and help out. I also know at end of the day, it's not about me. It's about the team. The most important thing is the franchise."

"The Panthers are in a position to continue to build and thrive. If I'm part of that fine. If not, I'll move on to my next opportunity.''

"Unfortunately, the way the (affiliation) contract is made up, Florida has 100 percent say in who's coaching and who's playing. When (Amerks) fans holler, they need to holler loud because the decision-makers are in Florida."

"It was [expletive] brutal. We have too many guys who don’t compete. You can’t win in this game unless you’re ready to show up and go to war every night. We don’t have enough of them. This is not type of team we want. We’re going to keep making changes until we get that. It takes time. It’s like turning around the Titanic and not a rowboat.’’