No, because Canadian franchises and their fanbase are incredibly sensitive about these issues.
It's some weird complex to punish players for wanting to play where they want to play.
Nobody in PIT cares that Jake Guentzel chose to leave the Penguins.
No, I think every fan is sensitive to players not wanting to join their team/city, and there are levels to this.
Pens fans weren't too happy when Hossa decided to snub them and sign a 1 year with Detroit instead.
How pained everybody was when Jagr chose Philly over us.
Guentzel is a little different and it was a mutual breakup.
Staal, but it wasn't personal to the org/city.
Point is none of these were pointing the finger at the organization/city which is deeply personal to people. An RFA or draft pick really has no power, and for them to stand up and say "I don't want to play for you" really sends a message to the org, and it's not a good one.
There is a reason why the Pens work so hard to make it an A+ franchise to play for, as they have to fight other issues (ie. not being New York for example).
So yeah...
You can argue that many Winnipeg should figure out what's the issue with the franchise to get such a response from McGroarty, and I'm sure they are looking at that.
In the interim, I can see why fans would be mad/sensitive. It's personal.