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"With some of the changes we made, as our roster sits right now, both from a personnel perspective going forward and from a cap perspective, we just felt this was a move that made sense for us.

"You have to make hard decisions sometimes and this was one of those."

Never really gaining any discernible traction here, Brouwer, who signed on as a coveted UFA following a monster playoff on behalf of the St. Louis Blues, scored 25 goals and added 22 assists over 150 regular-season starts donning the Flaming C.

"I want to say first and foremost, Troy's a good man and he gave everything he had to the team while he was here,'' said Treliving. "So we thank him.

"I had a good talk with Troy.

"These are never fun things to go through. These decisions affect people, affect families, and you never want to lose sight of that.

"I don't think there's one particular reason these things happen. Sometimes the fit's not right. You do a lot of work to find that right fit but sometimes it just doesn't materialize.

"Ultimately, it didn't work. But Troy's a pro and we wish him the best.

"Just disappointing."