5 Quotes by Michael Franke

Missouri appears to have some great fans. They've had their troubles on the ice. They got some players further into the season and this team could turn around and be quite good in the second half of the season.

No one deserves it better than David. He was a great player when we had him. We're glad he's doing well at Roanoke.

Really, that's what we're talking about in this league is a luxury tax. If you're over, you pay a luxury tax. It's not like they take you out to center ice and whip you or shoot you or anything like that. If some team is way over the cap and they pay the luxury tax, they're not doing anything wrong. They're just paying more money for their players.

When a guy goes on injured reserve, he does not count against the cap. So if a guy is making $700 a week and he's out for two weeks, and then you bring in a guy to replace him for $400 a week, you're actually saving $300 a week on the cap. You still pay (the first guy) his full salary; it just doesn't affect the cap.

It was a real nice crowd for a Wednesday night. I thought this game was a lot of fun. It was penalty-free and you need those kind of games to show good hockey.