To the bolded I think room will be made for him. Maybe not at the start of the season as forcing a trade is not good. Ultimately it's what's best for the club.oh not a bad thing at all. Kappy earned a spot and babcock's mantra of once you make it room will be made (extreme paraphrasing) he should stand by that, i wouldnt say it was a tantrum if he has done all that has been asked including completely changing his game to suit 4th line then he has every right to be annoyed. but as of now it looks likely he is with the marlies so lets hope he is ok with it.
edit: by perimeter i mean non core players, not JVR's playing style
We cant afford JVR long term even at $5M IMO so keeping him this year for me is a waste of time let the future learn the roles Kapanen is already better defensively and Marleau is here 3 more years JVR is redundant. Keeping him until the deadline is a waste because they will be tempted to keep him as a own rental, the good teams keep turning over the perimeter players when they become too expensive