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Originally Posted by Bingo
So what's the issue then?
Tkachuk over reacted to the team not coming to his defense and quit on the group?
Or ...
Leadership doesn't want the team's agitator to agitate?
Both are a huge concern, the second one won't be fixed by moving Tkachuk. But perhaps it's deep enough that keeping Tkachuk isn't an option.
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Extremely concerning, as it speaks to the level of engagement of the players within the locker room. However, this is very unsurprising.
Team sports is all about trust, and Tkachuk trusting his teammates, in a team meeting he reached out to his players and said back me up, and they turned their back on him. I think Tkachuk knows what it takes to win, and now he sees this team as quite frankly a bunch of disinterested losers. Why would he play hard and get in the grill of the opposition if his teammates are not going to be there to support him whenever? Tkachuk wasn't buying into the indifferent complacency that has seeped into the core of the locker room, and has been doing everything in his power to drag his team into a fight, and time after time the team let him down. Boston supports Marchand through all of his complete insanity, Ducks supported Perry, Canucks teammates adored Burrows and Kesler. The milquetoast flames core couldn't be bothered to support the one player who was actually exciting to watch. Culture is incredibly hard to change, and Tkachuk is finding this out first hand, I don't blame him for wanting to leave and whatever team gets him will be absolutely thrilled with having him on their team.