Darek Braunecker Quotations

He made a decision that's probably a bad decision, and he's feeling the repercussions of making the statement when he did.

Look, all I've told people is we have multiple offers. Beyond that it's really difficult to gauge the ebb and flow of negotiations. At no point have we said that there is a timetable. There isn't. Going through all these teams is a complex thing and it just wouldn't make sense to set a timetable. We might wait until after the meetings. We might not.

You just hope in the next situation, there's a better working relationship.

This (Toronto) was the place he wanted to play in all along.

Toronto always was No. 1 on his list. A.J. is thinking of living in Toronto, he wants a stable environment. His wife is now only 400 miles from her family (Annapolis, Md.).

At the end of the day, I think Karen realized it would be best for her husband to be in a place where his career could flourish.

It was the position of the club. There was no sense him being there if he wasn't going to contribute.

After everything that has happened, the last thing you expect the team to say is, 'Just go home.' It's almost unprecedented. It's a terrible way to end the relationship as volatile as that relationship has been for some time.

It's certainly not going to help us going into the off-season. This isn't a bad person. This isn't a guy who's got character flaws. He made some bad judgment calls and said a few things he shouldn't have, but he is not a clubhouse cancer.

Certainly, there are things that all clubs fight whether it's geography or lack of winning or finances. They're fighting a whole number of issues.