It's a different team now with all the veterans. Going into training camp, I knew exhibition games were going to be the main thing. That's really how you can tell if you belong in the NHL.

These kind of games are good because it's a tune up for the playoffs. As far as our chances in the playoffs, I think we'll go deep. We have just as good of a chance as anybody else.

[After many years of broadcasting games there, Campbell is well-acquainted with the magic the Palestra holds.] There's something about the place when you walk in the door, ... IT dates back to the days of the depression when it was built, and it's never changed very much. No one's ever tried to make it state of the art. It is what it is. We have brand new stadiums all over Philadelphia - we have a new baseball park, a new football park, we have the Wachovia Center - but people still love going to the Palestra. There's something about walking in the doors of the Palestra.

We're looking at three to four months recovery, and as well as missing a lot of games for us he now has a lot of work ahead to get back for the Six Nations,

It's good I'm going to be out a little longer. Because when I come back, I'm going to have to play how I was playing. I can't shy away just because of what happened.

He works so hard. It's even hard to swallow because he keeps himself in such good shape.