[Sylvanfan]

One thing I am pretty confident in speculating is that Rask had no previous experience in entering a quaratine type bubble that would required him to be away from his family for an extended period of time, and that the better he played and his team did, the longer that time frame would extend.

From that I might deduce that he was not able to accurately predict exactly how he and his family would react to the situation as time ellapsed. The only constant in this equation is time going on.

So I have a hard time faulting someone for not being able to 100% predict how this would impact them before going into that situation.

The opinion part for me is this...if he was struggling and having mixed emotions here, than the right thing to do is to leave. It could potentially distract him, and it compromises himself and his team if he can't keep the focus he can when he's in his usual routine. I think it's better for everyone to have it come up earlier than later, and deal with it. If the Bruins lose in 6, and they think it's because their starting goalie was distracted and holding back...that's much worse than what they are facing right now. Given his career leading up to this, if I was his team mate I might have some initial disappointment in the moment, but in time I would understand, and I would certainly be willing to start the next season with him again given his history.