Florida Panthers steal Detroit Red Wings defensemen and he's issued an unexpected statement immediately

"It's an exciting place to play, and you see, obviously, what they've accomplished over the last few years. And for me, when I got the call that there was an interest in me coming there, I saw (Sam) Bennett and (Aaron) Ekblad and (Brad) Marchand re-signing. So when they called, it was a no-brainer. You hear about the group. You know what they do together on the ice, off the ice. You hear so many good things about it. And like I said, when they had interest, it was a no-brainer for me."

"Everything's feeling good. (It was) something that I tried to push through. You never want to miss time with an injury, and I wanted to push through it and ended up just taking the time off, getting it feeling better. Came back at the end of the year. And then now, having the last couple months to fully recover, fully go through the rehab process, get everything feeling good to make sure I'm ready for the start of September."