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"Be water, my friend."
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Wrong. Kadri changed his ways after getting suspended by Shanahan. The message was grow up or ur not playing for the Maple Leafs. He was immature, played for show at times and not a team game, showed up late to team meetings. It was this hard line approach under the Shanahan regime that forced him to change or move on. They put the ball in his court and he has responded very well. Mark Hunter stood up for Kadri in a big way.
You don't think if Babcock went to Shanahan and Lou and told them "I don't think he'll make it" that Lou wouldn't have shipped him out? Babcock is the one who gives him ice time, teaches him when he makes mistakes and encourages him when he does the right things. It's just not mainly what Shanahan did.