“I Felt Really Good” | Jack Quinn Rejoins Buffalo Sabres Practice, Could Play Against Ottawa
Fortunately for you you had to do it again uh how did you feel out there and I’m sure it was very nice to be with your teammates yeah it’s great to be back out there with the guys and uh I felt really good how difficult mentally
Was this to deal with just after you spent so much time getting back and it was we’re playing so well yeah it’s uh it’s very difficult I guess uh never fun to be to be injured so definitely happy to be back what was the key when the
First time when you came back off the Achilles what was the key to playing at such a high level so quickly um yeah I think just probably uh trying to trying to keep getting better and staying uh engaged in the game and um you know never kind of losing it for my
Brain and and watching hockey and stuff like that it felt like when I came back there was a little bit of stuff for the timing other than that I was you know mentally right in it so now this injury they had said eight weeks and that took
Us to where we are now was there ever any point in the recent time where you thought you might not get back or were you always looking thinking you were going to be able to make it back um yeah I always had in my head I wanted to to
Be back this year so what I mean even Kevin was worried recently with us talking about the runway to return but you you felt there was enough time to get back uh I did yeah um obviously I was probably more optimistic than everyone cuz it’s it’s me and my body
Just your mentality through this I mean to go through something like that twice in such a short span like how what’s your support system how have you gotten through this um it’s great yeah family friends uh all these guys in this in this room room uh they make it uh you know way
Easier than it would be uh without such good guys and um yeah it’s obviously tough like I said but these guys make it easier did you know right away there was something seriously wrong uh yeah was yeah I did it was pretty painful kind of
Kind of felt my ankle get caught in the boards and um knew it was uh something oh go of a new locker room no B’s in here your team Canada teammate what’s it like to see him in here with you now it’s great um yeah it’s awesome
He’s a great guy so really happy he’s here how much has he helped from you watching the game just the dynamic on the back end I mean he gives doing a partner and he’s able to move the puck and and create some offense just how much of a different element has he
Brought I mean I think he’s he’s been a huge help I think he’s just uh he’s such a great player and um when you have when you get that good of a player out there for that many minutes you know um good things are going to happen uh a lot more
Than they don’t how much motivation did you have given the standings you want to get back this team is still on The Fringe of things you’re not out of it yet and there’s still 10 games left against some teams you chased yeah I think it makes a big difference I mean
Um we got a lot of energy in here and um we got some Poli so definitely uh was motivating for me the last few weeks to see these guys winning games and keeping them keeping us in it do you think you can play tomorrow I’m not sure gonna
Have to talk to to Donnie and Kevin and go from there but I felt really good uh at practice today it process easier to go through after everything you did working back from the ailles or was this like a different style of way to get back um was easier because I think it
Was a lot less of an injury um way quicker timeline stuff like that but um you know the actual being out of the lineup is is the same it’s it’s not easy than
Buffalo Sabres forward Jack Quinn spoke with the media after skating with the team as a full participant during practice on March 26, 2024. He talked about recovering from injury, how he felt getting back on the ice, and more.
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