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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
I think that’s the thing... he wants to play for the team
Gifting Leivo (a bubble NHler) and Simon time with top linemates while starting Sam on the 4th line, especially after he showed very well with Dube and Looch in the playoffs .. it’s a #### message from the team
The concept that he asks for an expanded role is not unreasonable as it is merit based. And if the team can’t offer a guy who delivers when it matters some regular season opportunity for, say, something like the same linemates they give him in the playoffs, why is it unreasonable to express that you are open to a change of scene?
The guy wants to play, not sit.
No shame on him for his agent doing what it takes to negotiate an improved playing and career situation. This is a key time in his career, and what happens has millions of dollars of career earnings at stake
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You know what’s a #### message? Gifting a player who isn’t very good top line minutes because he’s a high draft pick and finally bothered to play well once during the playoffs after like 300 regular season games where he was average at best.
Maybe if he showed up once and a while in the regular season, they’d trust him more.
And can we please stop with the “playoff miracle worker” narrative? Claude Lemieux he ain’t.