Whether these comments by Sutter were meant to be digs at the media or management - neither scenario is acceptable. They came at the expense of the players, and it contributed to Sutter losing the room.
The players saw the comments about Huberdeau leaving the game as disrespectful. The players see it as a guy trying to play through an injury. It's not the appropriate time for a joke.
And the less said about the comments after Pelletier's first game, the better. The players have even acknowledged that this was the wrong thing to say.
I'm not even a fan of this group of players. Outside of a couple players, I wouldn't be sad to see any of them traded. But Sutter did himself no favours.
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