It was not me who claimed that Chevy was incompetent or not capable. But I extremely dislike the way he has treated certain players. Honestly I am glad to see this trade, glad Chevy is not being vindictive. Return is about what I would have expected. But I am a big believer in giving players their chance when they've earned it, and Chevy denied that to Machacek, IMO. For no good reason I can see, again IMO. But whatever new start for him. Good luck.
Vendetta? Meh, maybe a little strong. But I think Chevy simply did not like Machacek for whatever reason and used whatever reason he could to not give him a chance. Maybe it was a personality disagreement with McCambridge or Chevy was not happy with Machacek holding out for a one-way deal, IDK, but clearly Chevy had no room for him. As I pointed out with Voynov example (Henrique, Burmistrov, Loktionov, hell even Postma according to Caps posters would be others) many players were accused of "not trying" or "mailing it in" while down during the lockout, but Machacek is the only one singled out for this offense? C'mon gimme a break, that's lame. IMO.
I think personality comes in more than people think, and it is not as black and white as people think. Many players simply do not fit in one organization/management team, but do great in others. It's not that they are a BAD personality, it's just that either management doesn't like the guy, or the guy feels mistreated, or whatever, but people like to label people since they didn't fit into THEIR organization as lazy, moody, uncoachable, etc, etc. Ethan Moreau was a captain with Oilers, great locker room guy, but was then a cancer in LA, for example.
