^The big rumour was Alexei Yashin. Can you imagine if that had happened? What would we think of the Red Wings as a franchise?
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Originally Posted by heep223
I thought the Seguin trade was team-driven because of his off-ice "issues" (whatever that meant). This is being driven by the player?
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There are certainly some differences; I think Chiarelli would argue that they gave him multiple chances to get his act together and he showed no intention of doing so, such that he forced their hand.
But my point is more that it's a high pressure situation to get someone traded, the issues with the player are public and may be distracting to the team, he's a former top-ranked pick who clearly oozes talent but has been a disappointment during his limited time in the NHL, and the team he's on should, in theory, be a Cup contender and so could use the "make us better right now" sort of pieces he might return in trade.
And the risk is there that more or less exactly the same thing happens once he's dealt. I don't think there's much chance of Drouin turning into Tyler Seguin, but Drouin turning into a player a rung below that, a point per game guy, isn't unthinkable, in my opinion.
Hence my supposition that what happened in the Seguin case might make someone in Yzerman's position wary.