Please tell us how it's virtue signaling? The guy has gotten 3 strikes--
that we publicly know about--within the last 13 months. 2 of those coming in the midst of the playoffs where his exit has had a direct effect on the team's ability to proceed in said playoffs.
No one is denying what he brings to the ice, but he sort of has to be available to play in order for those talents to show out. The reality is that the last two seasons, when the Avs have needed him the most & when it was playoff time, he decided drugs were more important.