Rebel_1812
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Corn Flake said:Rebel_1812 said:Patrick said:Reports from Kypreos suggest that Phaneuf is being shopped out West.
Perhaps this is the first step in the culture change, thoughts on potential trading partners and potential returns we'd be happy with?
How could trading the best defense men be a step forward? Who are you going to trade him for that is better?
If they are indeed going to do this, I see it as 99.9% about instituting a culture change from within the core of the team. I am mostly a Phaneuf supporter but the reality is he has been captain of record during three major season-destroying collapses. His leadership seems to mostly be about yelling a lot and it was pretty obvious at the end of this year the other guys were getting tired of it. (see: Kessel caught on viewo telling Dion to "shut his f***king mouth")
If Shanny has determined that Dion is not the type of leader he wants on the ice for this team, then so be it. It will be a huge gut to the core and will create a gaping hole on defense, but if it's the means to the right long-term end, then go for it. We can live with the re-growing pains.
To be honest, I think if the rest of the defense wasn't so awful, Phaneuf wouldn't have been so heavily relied on. Meaning if he moves Dion and overhauls the rest of the defense then I think they can actually get better and not worse.
I think that is a good point. They say the shouting coaches wear out there welcome and the same could be the case with Phaneuf as captain. Its not like they can tell him to change or strip him of the C. They will have to do like calgary did and trade him for as much as they can.