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Originally Posted by chummer
Rutherford just said when there's too much going on in the room it's hard for everyone to concentrate on what they're supposed to do, so yeah these issues are a huge part of why they're struggling. And you want to keep both of these guys??? They have to trade both, and they will.
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Rutherford says lots of things. Most of it to direct away from the fact this team has one of the worst d-cores in the NHL despite having the best defense man in the NHL.
Pettersson and Miller's issues with one another are not this bad. The media scrutiny from it is. If the team starts winning, suddenly it all goes away. But pointing out Desharnais and Forbort were probably not the best choices will get no where near the media clicks and attention as a salacious "they're constantly fighting" story. They're not. Like even without delving into things I hear personally, look at every interview former players give when asked about this. "They don't get along, but it isn't this bad" is the common response. The only person who has said it's actually that bad is Boudreau and he said that as a guy who is now a full-time media personality and is unlikely to coach again.
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Originally Posted by activeStick
I wonder if Rutherford coming out and laying everything out like he is, is to prepare Canuck fans for what he believes will be unsatisfactory returns en route to a complete rebuild and restart. Let them know the trades absolutely need to happen. The players have tried to fix it, but they can't. Management has tried everything, but the players themselves are unwilling. It may soften the blowback if they indeed move both guys and are eventually unable to convince Hughes to stick around in 2 years.
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"I am willing to hold on to the players if I don't get a good trade" is a great way to calm the fans before making a bad trade because that's all you have...