Well, at least Ron Hextall knows what it takes to be an NHL player. That can't be denied and it's self explanatory. I also fail to understand how winning a Cup or not has any bearing on this: plenty of great players with oodles of knowledge/experience that have never won a Cup. Never mind also that I am sure folks, once they finish their player career, probably go thru extensive training for a management position and also most of the times they take positions that break them in for bigger roles ("Assistant"-xyz). So it might be a case where Hextall might actually indeed be an expert in character too. Who knows...
The 80s are long gone (sadly). Today every action, every phrase is readily available for scrutiny to everyone and professional players can't afford to just be wild, maybe even out of control characters.
A pro team, which essentially is a corporate business, won't allow one of its "employees" to have behavior(s) that are viewed as negative for business.
Look at Tyler Seguin, for example. Kid has oodles of talent, yet little things here and there just piled up and the management just decided they were done and he got traded. One of the first things Dallas did was order him to deactivate his Twitter account...
So to hint that Ho-sang could get away with tons because of his talent, I think it just isn't reality. He will need to fall in line in the mold of a pro hockey player. If he doesn't, he will not have a meaningful career. He wouldn't be the first at that either. I have a gut feeling that the kid has a lot more to grow up into a man, that should be a top priority.