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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
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.
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Good summary… but on your last comment, it’s Buffalo, and I’m not sure how much patience players should really be expected to have with that circus at this point.
To me, Kadri being part of the Avalanche during the first couple years that Byram played there alleviates any real character/compete issues. Conroy im pretty sure would have checked in with the forward, and Kadri isn’t the type to hold back if he saw any problems.
I can’t find the story but a few years ago I read a story on Byram and I think it was the coach who was saying that the most difficult part about coaching the kid was that he was so competitive that when he got beat by a guy like McDavid, he couldn’t let it go. I guess being too competitive (JT Miller) can create locker room issues, but I don’t feel it’s a bad thing with the leadership group the flames have and the work ethic they’re preaching.