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Originally Posted by transplant99
Agree 100%.
In fact I believe there is a split in the room because of it.
It may be entirely coincidence but the club was 4-3-1 when the request happened IIRC. Then he was sat for a game or 2.
Since that time, they are 11-16-2 i believe.
They certainly do not play for one another which is a huge indication there is no chemistry and probably friction within. Maybe its not Bennett still being here but it 's something.
Darryl will identify it and Treliving will address it....just not going to make a difference for this season but hopefully cleans the slate for next year.
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I agree that this is a chemistry issue - major dressing room problems is my guess.
Maybe it was the trade request, maybe it was the incident with Tkachuk after his temper-tantrum that first Toronto game when no one had his back, maybe its something else.
But IMO when the entire team falls off a cliff like this, it's because they aren't a team and have some major issues internally.
Or maybe this is just the result of the team making the playoffs 2 years straight for the first time, and they are too tired to bother trying again.