I think anything pre and post trade should be dismissed as marketing. Why were Hannifan and Lindholm offered contracts the day before they were traded and it publicized? To make them look selfish before they were traded. Same with Bostons round of Dougie and Seguin rumours.
It's disappointing if the he didn't fit in because he was a nerd thing is true. That's a failure of the leadership group to integrate him not a failure of Hamilton.
The Brother thing is the one thing that bugs me. It would be nice to have real info on what promises were made as if the Flames promised Freddie a roster spot and then went back on it that's on the Flames and not Dougie. If Dougie just got upset in the absense of any promise that's on Dougie.
All of the above doesn't really matter though. We traded a top analytics defensemen who the eyetest on defense didn't line up with. Where you stand on the eyetest vs analytics is much more important than the rumour mill slander.
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