It seems weird that he'd need that "change of scenery", considering it's basically the same scenery that saw him "break out" as a guy who can actually score. But sometimes that stuff behind the scenes just goes sour i guess.
Hard to see a team giving up a huge amount for him, just to negotiate a risky RFA contract with him. Especially coming off an injury. He's almost in that same sort of category as a guy like Michael Ferland as a UFA last year. The big physical middle-6 winger who can maybe score you 15-20G and 30Pts if they spend enough of that time in a skilled Top-6. You want these guys in your Top-9, but you have to be so careful in what you actually pay them...because they're not play drivers, and they're not true "Top-6 Forwards". They're not even really "true" 20G scorers, if they spend their days down crashing and banging in the bottom-half of the lineup without PP time. The durability is also questionable. It's a hard style of play to sustain 82 times a year, and still be in fighting form when it comes time for the playoffs where you really want these guys.