Unless you think Kipper is doing this out of spite (which I would think is pretty obvious he's not) then I don't see how you criticize him or any other player for choosing a personal situation over work.
He's older, he's got some sort of family issues, and he feels it best that he stay in Calgary, and its obviously not for the great team in front of him.
Name escapes me but wasn't there a Leaf a few years ago who did the same thing? Didn't Randy Gregg do essentially the same thing years and years ago?
Lives come before jobs no matter how fun we think the jobs are. Kipper was honest with his employer about where he was sitting and honest with is potential employer as well.
For Doug MacLean to suggest they shouldn't have bothered asking him and just traded him anway - stuff like that is why he is an ex-GM without a job in that field anymore. If you know your player is going through some issues, it would be extremely unprofessional to send him packing without inquiring further.
And I suspect many wouldn't have an issue with it they hadn't been salivating at the potential return for a trade.
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