I think he has been told he would be playing if he was on team X,Y or Z, from either his dad or agent. I think he is just trying to force a trade. LA said he would wait a year and half for his contract to be up if he had too(to play in EU, RU league). JD said this:"Sometimes the other person needs time to try to figure this stuff out. So, time will take care of this, one way or the other. We’ll work at it. We’re not just sitting in there, shutting the door and saying, ‘I don’t want to talk to him.’ There’s been dialogue, especially with his agent, and we’ll try to work our way through it. He’s ours."
What kind of reputation does his agent have? We know LA is an emotional person, he has been up and down from the AHL to the NHL. Put in work this summer and thought he earned a better spot on the team. Has a nagging injury to both feet. 20 year old living far far away from home, both physically and culturally. With all that, all it would take is someone in his ear and you would have a situation like NYR have right now. Someone is also telling him to be vague because of what has been happening in the NHL this year, people will read into it as bullying and abuse.
My hot take anyway. Even hotter, forcing his way on to the Kings.