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Originally Posted by gvitaly
I have a hard time basing an opinion of a player based on supposed behind the scenes interactions. It's a slippery slope.
Did Tkachuk quit on the Flames in the one season when he was asked to tone it down by teammates?
Did Backlund and Gio have beef between them?
Did Iggy and Gio?
Iggy vs. Regehr?
Did Kadri quit on the team?
Were Weegar and Kadri fighting when Kadri pushed Weegar after an OTW?
Was D. Hamilton a bad fit, or was the core itself rotten?
Professional athletes are as competitive as humans come, which leads to feelings boiling over at the workplace from time to time. It can be a fun discussion occasionally, but IMO it's wishful thinking more often than not. It's done mostly in order to justify winning a trade/moving from a core piece to a fanbase.
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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
Almost everything you listed happens behind the scenes and in the room.
Miller is doing it in the open. You don't embarrass grown men like that in front of everyone.
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I would add to PW's comment that each of the things you listed was a one-off event. Guys are going to clash once in a while, which is not a problem and not unexpected.
The difference with Miller is that it is a pattern, and it sometimes gets taken too far, and, as PW said, it is being done, or getting pulled into, the public domain.