Were the screws that hold the connector to the case bent as well, or were the threads damaged? Make sure to get some loctite on those screws so that this doesn't happen.

can anyone forsee any potential headaches I should be aware of?

Only that you need to be really careful about making sure the right pins go into the right holes. Removing and inserting the pins is covered in a video here, so make sure to watch that. And of course, you'll need to open the player and remove its drive tray, so if you haven't yet done that, review the steps here.