“Panthers’ Ekblad Breaks Silence: What’s Next After Controversial Ban?”
“It lets him go in and buy a lot of dinners for the guys, right? His credit card will take a beating and have a little bit of fun,” Maurice said. “But he steps on the ice and it’s another 6-4 or 6-5 guy on your blue line, and now all the guys in red look big. It adds a little something.”
Ekblad has been on the ice — just not with teammates. He had some friends skate with him at times, like former Florida defenseman Keith Yandle, but they couldn’t be in the team facility when the Panthers were there.
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