If what is being reported on this thread about Tryamkin questioning his use here then Willie and co. are very much to blame.
Willie was a complete disaster. He never looked beyond the next shift. His focus was always on the immediate and he didn't seem to care what happened down the road. If the player wasn't going to get out there and play Willie hockey right away, he was of no use. Just get him out of here. Send him back to Russia - just get him out of my hair was Willie's approach.
We needed a management that took the long view. If the coach wasn't with that then he needed to be fired. But instead the doughhead Linden protected Willie and let him totally decide on his use of players. Indeed, even when the weak kneed Benning said it was time to play the younger players, Willie balked and played garbage like Megna and such to try an eke out useless victories. Of course, the witless Benning did nothing.
Another sad day for the franchise and nothing is going to change till we root out the incompetency that plagues this organization.