"The youngsters in place didn't feel valued, Romanov hadn't been deemed solid enough to play in the playoffs last summer, Cole Caufield and Kotkaniemi had been left on the bench to start the playoffs, Kotkaniemi came out bitter after being sent back to the press box in the finals, and Harris had opted to stay an extra year at Northeastern, to finish his degree, and also, perhaps, because DG was unable to remember his first name and felt out of place on a beefy, low-mobility defense. " - Mathias Brunet