Quote:
Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Umm, no. Yzerman didn't make Drouin out to be a brat. Drouin did that all by himself by going public with the trade demand. And I think you are one of very, very few who is siding with the player on this one. (For clarification, I think Yzerman is fumbling badly himself, but he is not the architect of Drouin's public perception.)
Compare this to the Sven Baertschi situation. Sven was just as unhappy, Sven wanted out just as much, and Sven was already known to have some attitude issues. But he kept his problems out of the media. And he went down to the AHL and played until the team was able to accommodate his wish.
So Drouin is coming off looking worse than a player who most of us knew had entitlement issues. That takes some doing.
|
If Treliving didn't move Baertschi asap he would have gone public. I think this has been simmering as there were rumors he asked for a trade last year.