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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I find it somewhat inappropriate when players in the beginning of their careers demand trades to play for contenders. Chychrun was what, 22 or 23 when he decided he was too good to play for a struggling team?
Do your time then leave as a free agent. You'll likely get traded before your last season anyway if you tell them you plan to become a free agent.
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Normally I would agree, but Arizona isn't a "struggling" team. They're a circus, and they've been like that for a long time.
Other struggling teams (Buffalo, Ottawa etc...) have made honest attempts at being competitive, but the Coyotes just keep resetting the clock, sending out players and taking in cap hits in exchange for draft capital. I don't know if the organization is just banking on getting a McDavid in the draft, before honestly trying to improve, but it's unfair to ask players (new, or tenured) to waste significant portions of their relatively short careers toiling away for an organization that seemingly doesn't give a #### about being competitive.