He played in Nashville for 7.5 seasons and wore a letter for 6 of those. He was overpaid which is why they got rid of him. That's not evidence of anything beyond his play regressing.
The Toews comments and whatever's going on with Philly, fine. But that's why I said to wait and see what comes out of the grievance. Regardless of what happens, it's gonna be interesting to see what material breach Philly is alleging.
Trotz got rid of multiple players when he took over, because he identified them as being bad for the team culture. It was a similar situation to the one we had this offseason, where Staios has tried to reshape the roster to change the complexion of the room.
Trotz did this despite having to eat significant salary to get rid of players like Johansen and Duchene.
Johansen went to Colorado, and Duchene went to Dallas. Both those teams already have established rooms with veteran leaders that are entrenched. Still, it didn't work out in Colorado for Johansen.
I think for the way our team is right now, we have to be careful about the compete and type of person we bring in. I obviously can't say if Johansen would be a negative presence, other than anecdotal evidence, but assuming he isn't the best for a less established room, they shouldn't bring him in.