The argument was why one got a 7M extension....not.....was Kaliyev deployed properly, that's a whole other argument....
I think they tried, and when he didn't/couldn't/wouldn't do whatever it was they were asking him, they stopped trying.
You have your read, I have mine, his hustle/motivation is in question, he can shoot the puck, he has semi-good vision if something is right in front of him, he will engage on the wall for a bit, but not consistent, his defensive game is atroicious...
Turcotte brought a helluva lot to the 1st line, more than Kaliyev did, not sure why it surprises me, but I never thought you would be the type that says, our 3 best players must play together, etc.
Turcotte was willing to go to the dirty areas, Kaliyev was not, I said what I said about scoring a goal, because I was focused on the process not the end result, if the process is there, the results will come, guess you don't believe that.