I disagree on your first point.
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Originally Posted by ricardodw
1) Cammalleri is capable of blowing a young team up. Montreal felt that they had to get him out of their locker room....After he was a legitimate playoff hero.
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Cammalleri got shipped out of Montreal because he kicked the sacred cow of the Canadiens' sense of historical superiority when he called out the way the team approached their practice and execution like "losers." It was during a very bad stretch for the Habs. The fans and media called for all sorts of heads to roll and it was his comments that made him a target. Pierre Gauthier, the Habs GM that made the move, also got served up at the end of the season. Had nothing to do with Cammalleri being toxic in the dressing room and everything to do with a GM that was trying to save his job amid the fanaticism of the Habs fan base.