“Ryan is an ultimate professional,” Verbeek said. “He showed a lot of character. In this instance, he got injured at the start of training camp and ended up being six weeks out of the lineup. We were winning, and it’s difficult for any player to kind of come into that scenario and try and carve out a role. And so Ryan was kind of chasing it, so he was in a tough position. And so being healthy and being scratched from time to time, it’s certainly not the best for the player at times. It gives us depth, but I thought for Ryan––I think he’s been just an outstanding person. Like I said, great character. From my perspective, we looked at it to give Ryan an opportunity to go to a team where he’s going to be able to play and contribute to that team in a meaningful way.”
