Thread by @PhilKocher

"I asked Trouba [about Gallant] and his answer was kind of perfunctory, I felt. It wasn't really a glowing endorsement of the coach — let's put it that way."

— @wyshynski on #NYR breakup day

"Fox gave a really eloquent answer about how Gallant does a lot of things that we don't get to see in the media and in the public — he's a coach that understands the work-life balance of his players." #NYR

"[Gallant] is kind who we thought he was. When he was fired in Vegas, the aftermath of that was that he was a stubborn guy, to his own admission, who doesn't really do in-game adjustments all that well, and you could really see that in the Devils series." #NYR

"If the NHL signs off on [Quenneville] returning is that enough to quiet what is going to be an incredible clamor from the local fans and media with regard to this guy getting another job and with the #NYR?"

"When you hire JQ ... you are not simply hiring someone who some fans may not like. When Tony DeAngelo comes to your team, some fans don't like that, but you're not getting editorials in the New York Times demonizing the decision, and that's what happens if you hire JQ." #NYR

"If there's one team in this league that has always had an attitude ... that they are above reproach, it's the #NYR ... they've always sort of been defiant in some ways ... of all the teams in this league, this might be the one that can get away with it."

"If the [NHL] says JQ can come back, that's a tacit endorsement that this guy can work in this league again. It really does take the pressure off the #NYR ... because they can just point to the NHL and say they said it's OK."

The [NHL] has put themselves in a spot where they're the ones that absorbs the heat more so than the team that gives JQ a contract."