Crosby2010
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Yes it was mostly the second seaso/Neilson n when it went really bad relation wise, he was benched some games, played 0 minutes of the 1998 playoff and was asked to cut sticks during practice (according to Daigle).
Maybe his career ending is more graceful if he do not request that trade after all.
The Whalers-Cane when he went back there, were making the playoff by 1999 and he got to play 23 minutes a night during them....
40 points in 69 games as a 38 year old defenseman. Not bad. Played in the playoffs too. He obviously wasn't "Coffey" anymore, and his defense left a lot to be desired at that point but that is probably the only decent year post-1996 he had. But even in Philly he wasn't used properly and should have been better. He did get an injury his first year there, maybe that sort of partially had him throw in the towel, I don't know, but that is strange that he wasn't used at all in the playoffs in 1998. And it makes sense why Wayne Cashman never coached in another season in the NHL other than that one. I just wonder how much of Coffey's passion got destroyed after the 1996 trade. This guy is 5th in Norris voting in 1996. He still has some left in the tank. I've never heard him speak about it. I guess he doesn't have to, he did plenty in his career.