"Happy wife equals a happy life" - Any man that's had an unhappy one
This kind of turmoil is not welcome in any dressing room
This is a very unique situation. This isn't like Voynov, or Heatley, or Bertuzzi etc. Hockey players know to leave baggage out of things and just play hockey. The problem here is that this is something you can't leave the baggage out. If Hoffman stays with his fiance, which is appears he will, nobody will want them around.
Anyone who thinks chemistry isn't important to a hockey team clearly didn't watch Vegas play. I don't think an unhappy locker room is winning anything and for evidence, just look at the season the Sens just had. Hoffman's value isn't just in the goals he scores, it's in the ability to not disrupt a locker room and at this point it's too much of a risk.
Worst case scenario: If these allegations end up confirmed and Hoffman stays with her, I don't think the Sens will have any choice other than to buy him out.
Considering 4 wives of players have already come out saying this is all true its looking very very likely that the story is accurate as this level of response never happens in the sport.
It'll likely hurt his value a bit but this appears to be an isolated incident, not that that makes it any less forgiveable. I don't think the locker room 'issues' would follow seeing as how the disagreement all stems from parties off the ice. I never expected Ottawa to get much for him because Ottawa is going to Ottawa, but I also don't think he's Brent Seabrook level of untradeable.
There was a rumour he was on the market or would be traded before any of this even came out. Why wouldn't they trade him before and save themselves some trouble?This is such a crazy development. I mean who would even trade for this guy if his fiance is a psychopath? He needs to dump that ***** pronto
Bertuzzi was mentioned as an example. In the NFL, teams have taken chances with problematic/toxic players.I agree. A situation like this reaches beyond the locker room and can become really toxic. If I were another team's executive with any concern for the big picture lives of my players (And I think that pretty describes most of them) I wouldn't touch Hoffman. If enough GMs pass on the opportunity to acquire him then yeah, his return would definitely be reduced. Judging on what's been reported publicly I can't how he can be moved at this point.
It affects another spouse and thus, it affects the player - directly. It's different than the Voyonov situation.Exactly. If you are a disgusting woman beater, then you deserve to be shunned by your teammates but truthfully, it is pretty low on their radar personally for most. But, if you or yours directly affects multiple spouses on the team as to which it appears, now you not only are shunned by your teammates, but now you are personally on their radar as you've brought conflict into their lives and homes. That is the making for a really bad locker room.
The best thing he can do for his career is to ditch the witch. She'll pull him down into the gutter and ruin his potential career and earnings. This doesn't appear to be a one time, "I'm mad at her" tiff. This seems to be multiple people and long on-going harassment.
Fair enough but did they maintain their value given the baggage they were carrying?Bertuzzi was mentioned as an example. In the NFL, teams have taken chances with problematic/toxic players.
His value will be reduced but I suppose, I was responding to the last sentence of that poster which read, "Judging on what's been reported publicly I can't *see* how he can be moved at this point."Fair enough but did they maintain their value given the baggage they were carrying?
Hoffman's agent has come out and said essentially "lets be realistic there is no way the two parties can co-exist in the same locker-room next year". Full quote was tweeted by Ian McLaren
It will hurt his value, but I'm not sure that it will lower it that much. Let's not kid ourselves, NHL teams don't really care about this kind of stuff. There is a lot of interest in Slava Voynov after he threw his wife through a TV a couple years back, the NHL has a feigned concern about crap like this.
Because the Voynov drama is in the past and the Hoffman drama is developing right now.If teams are interested in Voynov, not sure how there wouldn't be teams interested in Hoffman.
Someone will take a flyer on him when his value drops to pennies on the dollar. There is some GM and coach who believes they can control the locker room and fix this situation. If he comes out with a mea culpa type announcement with a new team, and the woman is dumped, he'll be fine on the new team. But that is a lot of moving parts to take a chance on.Hoffman's drama is going to nullify his value to the point of, "KHL Fodder".
Nobody wants some d****e that backs up his POS girlfriend harassing their franchise player and his wife about their baby dying.
And there's always the K.Enjoy the Swedish Elite League Mike.