> I think that’s the biggest thing you want to learn is who’s on board. It’s one of the things, when I talk to all players, I always ask them, do you want to be part of the solution or not? I’m not married to any of these guys. Some guys were (saying), well I’m not sure what my future holds. I’m going to be a free agent. Then you start questioning whether they really want to be here. But a hundred percent of the guys that I talk to excluding a couple of Russians that I haven’t been able to talk to, everybody’s on board. They want to be a part of the solution.”
Ok so you’re telling me that all the Elvis, KJ drama – and he’s referenced that he’s specifically spoken with them in other interviews – even THOSE guys are like “yep moving forward.”
This is Laine’s prerogative but I can’t help but wonder if the “locker room issue” is a reaction to him being salty that someone scratched him. Anyone can have their opinion on that but calling a spade a spade – he was giving lackluster effort.
If you look at articles from when he left Winnipeg it’s the same pattern. Maurice is starting to press harder on him. He’s publicly telling him to play better. He’s telling him that just because he’s good doesn’t mean he can get everything he wants. Then he starts butting heads with the Winnipeg GM. Then he wants out. Then there are issues in the locker room.
I’m sympathetic to what he’s gone through. The two things can coexist. This is looking to be kind of a pattern though and I do worry this is starting to be a distraction heading into camp.
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I was just going to post this –
This doesn’t sit well with me.
This is another comment from Waddell
> I think that’s the biggest thing you want to learn is who’s on board. It’s one of the things, when I talk to all players, I always ask them, do you want to be part of the solution or not? I’m not married to any of these guys. Some guys were (saying), well I’m not sure what my future holds. I’m going to be a free agent. Then you start questioning whether they really want to be here. But a hundred percent of the guys that I talk to excluding a couple of Russians that I haven’t been able to talk to, everybody’s on board. They want to be a part of the solution.”
Ok so you’re telling me that all the Elvis, KJ drama – and he’s referenced that he’s specifically spoken with them in other interviews – even THOSE guys are like “yep moving forward.”
This is Laine’s prerogative but I can’t help but wonder if the “locker room issue” is a reaction to him being salty that someone scratched him. Anyone can have their opinion on that but calling a spade a spade – he was giving lackluster effort.
If you look at articles from when he left Winnipeg it’s the same pattern. Maurice is starting to press harder on him. He’s publicly telling him to play better. He’s telling him that just because he’s good doesn’t mean he can get everything he wants. Then he starts butting heads with the Winnipeg GM. Then he wants out. Then there are issues in the locker room.
I’m sympathetic to what he’s gone through. The two things can coexist. This is looking to be kind of a pattern though and I do worry this is starting to be a distraction heading into camp.