‘”I do think it’ll be a little awkward during the warm-up,” he concedes, “to look over and see a bunch of familiar faces, in that jersey, on the other side of the ice from me. But I’m hoping that once we start playing, get a few bumps in, everything will just sort of calm down. This is a little different sort of situation, I know, because my leaving didn’t happen during the season, so there’s been some separation time. That helps.”’