“Eric, will he ever play again?” Eric frowns, glancing at the med suite door like he’s considering how much he should say out loud. “We won’t know anything for sure until after the MRI,” he says, “but I doubt he’ll be back on the ice anytime soon. With everything that knee has already been through…” “Maybe not at all?” I finish for him. He holds my gaze. “Either way, if he’s rehabbing to come back or…dealing with early retirement, he’s going to need a lot of support.”
