Dustin Brown is, by all means, a heart-and-soul guy, and he's been aware that his contract is a drain on the team for a while. I'm sure he okayed it (he does love Kopitar a whole lot), but on the personal side I do agree. It's a shitty thing to do to someone who lead the team to two Cups and has been around the longest out of anyone.
IMO the fact that they stripped him means that they're sure they can't trade him. If they could have traded him and made Kopitar captain afterwards, they would have, but no one wants the contract (goes through 2022, I believe).
I think Dean Lombardi's philosophy is to see all the players as pieces before he sees them as people, which is a good skill to have as a GM but not as a human being.
That being said, Kopitar is going to be a great captain and this'll finally shut up all the idiots who think it should be Doughty.
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Re: What is <i>up</i> with your team? –– non-SCF edition
From: (Anonymous)IMO the fact that they stripped him means that they're sure they can't trade him. If they could have traded him and made Kopitar captain afterwards, they would have, but no one wants the contract (goes through 2022, I believe).
I think Dean Lombardi's philosophy is to see all the players as pieces before he sees them as people, which is a good skill to have as a GM but not as a human being.
That being said, Kopitar is going to be a great captain and this'll finally shut up all the idiots who think it should be Doughty.