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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
I have a hard time thinking a single pending UFA would disrupt the room so much given their experience with this the past few seasons. This was lauded as this unbelievably tight group just last season, and almost no turnover.
If I were to point at issues in the room I'd look squarely at guys who are supposed to be big parts of this team but continue to underperform. Zary and Sharangovich would scream to me as malcontents. Coronato has had a slow start (though better lately) too. All of them have been healthy scratched whereas Morgan Frost or Farabee have struggled at least as much and haven't come out (to my knowledge).
It's a tough job for the coaching staff. You have a plethora of 3rd line guys but no one is really jumping up and grabbing the opportunity, so the scratches and lineup decisions get scrutinized even more.
A combination of players underperforming and the coaching staff having too much of the same to work with has created this issue, IMO. Not a pending UFA Ras who has by all accounts been pretty professional his entire career as a Flame.
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Farabee and Frost have been nowhere near as bad as Zary and Sharangovich. The former's overall play has been all right, just not the production. Zary and Sharky have played scared all year.
I agree that it's hard to believe this divided room narrative, especially since reports of that would have to come from the players to an outsider. What player has gone whining to someone outside the room? I can't see Zary or Sharangovich doing that. Weegar had a grouchy comment about a particular game, but that happens. If he had anyone in mind it was for that game.