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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
Well from my standpoint, too bad. As a player you are paid millions of dollars to be pushed to your absolute limits for 7-8 months a year. None of them seem to have trouble fighting to be paid among the best in the league when contract time comes around - if Sutter is holding these guys to account on that, I say good for him on that front.
Pulling the chute because you don't like a coaches tactics just shows exactly how committed to winning some of these players really are, and to me, it is starting to look like this is a major reason that Tre was never able to get a consistent winner on the ice just as much it was limitations and constant meddling by ownership. You can all but guarantee the same guys whining about Sutter are the same guys that need to be kicked in the pants when things get tough.
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Elite talent earns the privilege to call their shot.
I can see why they might want out after buying into the system [to some degree] and performing exceptionally well. Only for things to implode in the playoffs because the stubborn hardass behind them got outcoached by a ventriloquist dummy (and goaltending of course).
I don't think I'd be keen to run through a brick wall for another 80 games and then watch my socalled accountability driven coach send Nick Ritchie out in a critical shootout (as one random example).