Who are some players from the last 15 - 20 years, whom have held out and not reported to their club... either because they were demanding a trade or a higher salary
Look at Travis Hamonic. Was it his character and morals which stopped him from sitting out to force his manager to move him
Are you surprised there aren't more trade demands every summer.
Hamonic is a little bit of a funny situation. He still played on the club for what was it, 2 years before being traded. He also didn't sit out games, so I'm not sure if he qualifies as a "hold out".
Dougie Hamilton for instance wouldn't sign a deal with the Bruins before offer sheeting was an option and was traded for that reason. He didn't miss any games, so I'm not entirely sure if he fits the criteria, but there was to a certain extent a hold out in terms of signing a contract and thus he was traded for that reason.
Jacob Trouba I'm not sure if he fits. I feel like he's currently in a sign and wait for trade situation, but I'm not entirely sure either.
I thought the question was straight forward, but then realized there seemed to be different facets to each situation such as games missed, personal reasons for trade, expectation for trade, traded due to disagreements on contract etc.
I'm curious whether the OP definition includes players whose rights were traded after being drafted because they didn't sign:
- Tim Erixon
- Brandon Hickey
Are a few from Calgary. There's been a few others (ie: college agents) such as Vesey who IMO may qualify as well as their rights were traded.