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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Listening to the After Burner season wrap up, I thought Rhett and Dean really put it into perspective. Not about the money thing, although that could be a thing as well.
Rhett talked about when he was in Buffalo and they had a big turnover. He said it's tough when you become good friends with guys, then they leave and new people come in. You lose those personal connections and it is hard. Dean mentioned that he had been in work places where there is big turnover and the feeling of disconnect for the people who stay. Especially when you see the people you worked with going on to do better things. I can relate my own life experience to that too. I worked for a company that let a bunch of people go and hired new people. The new people loved it there, but it was never the same for me after that, so I ended leaving once I could. I think in some ways, it's actually easier to be the new guy, than the old guys.
From Lindholm's perspective, he went from centering the top line in hockey, then seeing both those guys leave for big money, and in Tkachuk's case, to a beach house in south Florida. His production went down as well, so he is probably now second guessing his own value.
In a way, I wonder if it wasn't a mistake to not trade Lindholm and Backlund before this season. This isn't one I'd hold Treliving to as a mistake, because it didn't seem necessary at the time, but when a new core is brought in, I bet it really shifts the mood in the room. The old guard that remains probably feels pretty irritated, and to follow that up with a bad season, likely just cements the idea that they should move on as well.
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But those guys chose to leave, Treliving didn't punt them so I am not sure why they would be irritated at that.
He still put together a good team and players that would have allowed Lindholm to continue to produce but for obvious reasons that didn't happen.
So there is something going on which is causing guys to to think they are ready to leave and they need to figure it out. Gaudreau and Tkachuk got offered 10.5 million a piece and chose to leave for less money. Now we have 2 more core players no comital to staying. Huberdeau and Weegar signed before playing a game.
So there is an issue and its not just losing your friends and they need to do a deep dive into what is driving players away.