I’m not one to throw stones in a glass house and whatnot, so can’t really trash them, but maybe trading captain elbows had a negative effect on the players?
Seems like Drury’s antics haven’t been well received, especially when Drury named Trouba the Captain not too long ago.
Now, the bigger issue is whether Lavy was in support of Drury targeting Trouba and Kreider. If the players sense that or believe it, then the players want no part of Lavy.
This is 100% an organizational screw up, worse is it’s been directed from an insider, ie a player as GM.