I get what you’re saying but Lindy should know Skinner pretty well as a player. He’s coached in this league a long time and been up against him quite a bit. I don’t think he ordered him bought out but definitely was involved in it happening.
It probably had a lot to do with the vision Adams/Ruff had for the roster. Plus Skinner seemed on the outs with Adams and saw less top 6 ice time at the end of last season.
I’d be very surprised if his teammates had anything to do with it.
I agree from the overall vision stand point, but yeah its the idea of it being his order that I disagree with.
regarding the players, I don't think they asked Adams to get rid of him either but I'll speculate that the calls for accountability at the end of the season in front of the media were probably a small percentage of what was voiced to kevyn privately.
The reality is that tage and tuch had good results with skinner, and I don't think the move gets made if 2 of your top line guys think the team is worse because of it. We know they produced as well with peterka, but even then, if those guys thought skinner was useful, they'd probably be upset he was removed from the team. We know that belief plays a role in motivation and success, and I don't think Adams would want to enter this season with top guys on the team feeling that they got worse by losing a significant piece.
I don't think guys liking him as a person necessarily conflicts with that. We've probably all had teammates that are fun to be around but aren't the "you want to go to battle with" type of guys