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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
Fair enough. He very might have used the ''I didnt' play hard enough'' line, but literally every single NHL player has said that at some point. IMO it doesn't make them a whiner or quitter.
In the end, I just think it's an unfair label that got attached to him for no reason other then he slouches a bit, his mouth is a bit open in a bunch of his photos and it gives the impression that he's down and out, or 'sad'. But you don't make it to the NHL and score as many points as he did by being a quitter.
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His reputation for being a whiner and a quitter came more from his actions on the ice. When he did not get the linemates he wanted or was suddenly unhappy with where he was he wouldn't try. It was not just on the Flames that this happened, he was pretty much a no show when he was with TB. In Montreal he got points but didn't want to be there so he just packed it in after game 50.