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Originally Posted by 442scotty
I’m pretty sure it was reported that Whitecloud very much wants to be part of the team
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Duh. What guy is going to show up to his new team and say "this sucks"? No professional is going to show that in front of the media. He probably wouldn't even allow that to leak out behind closed doors with his new teammates.
His only option is to show up with a positive attitude and get to work.
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Originally Posted by Fan69
I think this could relate to sec last post.
I wonder if Whitecloud said to the team im not really interested in staying here, the team knows the defence wont be better and the season is lost. Hence the change in attitude across the board with the vets and some that planned on staying are now changing their minds.
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I would assume that his plan is to play himself into another trade. He went from a contender to a basement team (ouch) but, like everyone else in the league, he knows that the reason Andersson was traded was because the future of the Flames RD is in Parekh + Brzustewicz. They do not need a 5 person depth chart for RD (Weegar - Whitecloud - Pachal - Brzustewicz - Parekh).
Weegar is a more valuable player but Whitecloud is a far easier asset to move. If he shows up and plays hard he could be back on the contender by the trade deadline. There are many teams that need a top 4 RD and, even if half of them are actually looking for a top pair RD, that still leaves teams like the Bruins or Red Wings who have a solid #1RD and need to upgrade the #2RD.