It sounds good. Hopefully they were not able to really rip out any of the wiring behind the dash. It sounds like they were either interrupted or just gave up.

If it has been playing in the dock, that is a good sign. The think I was most worried about was the VFD. The glass is is probably the most fragile, and if they used enough force to snap the handle, I thought they may have crasked the glass.

The only other item I would worry about is the IDE header and cable. But if it seems to play fine, you should be okay. You might want to open the player and inspect the connections, but that is all.