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Originally Posted by TOfan
As far as chirps go, that’s Tuesday. That’s nothing and I’d bet far worse is said in leagues across the world quite often.
That couldn’t possibly be the sole source of these ‘character issues’?
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I personally can't find any other source. This one source posted several times claiming negative stuff about him, sometimes directly related to his on-ice abilities and sometimes about his character. He claimed that he interviewed badly with a lot of teams and compared him to Yakupov. Honestly though, more Twitter posts hurts the reliability of the source IMO. It seems unprofessional and more personal to keep drilling him. It's like, who's chirping whom at this point.
As someone else mentioned, the only other real red flag is being a recent 4th OA pick and being traded twice before the age of 25. Players of that pedigree rarely get traded, let alone twice before that age. There are other factors of course that don't need to be about character. On ice play, injury history, and Colorado just wanting a center back.
Requesting a trade out of Buffalo was reported to be about his role on the team, but one Buffalo beat writer said it's because he can't handle losing. It was also reported that his home in Buffalo was cleaned out and emptied before season was even over. He seems too young to be fed up that quickly and unwilling to be the solution.