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Originally Posted by Hackey
I don't understand how Martin St Louis demanding a trade is anythig close to what Lebron did. Players ask for trades every year. Some drafted players refuse to play for a team which is way worse. I might be forgetting something but why is St Louis made to be this horrible person when a lot of players have done the exact same thing.
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St Louis demanded a trade because Yzerman had passed over him when making Team Canada Olympic selections. Never mind that this was possibly the best hockey team ever assembled, and thus also the most difficult roster to crack in the history of the sport, St Louis somehow interpreted this as a snub, and responded like a petulant child.
All told, it was a pretty ungrateful act, especially after he was eventually named to the team, and won a gold medal while looking largely invisible during the tournament.