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Bo very well could have been the issue, having his contract and future up in the air for the entire season gave the team mixed signals as to what the direction was, now that he's gone there is a clean slate for the team, EP40 & Huggy Bear can step into the leadership roles now and make this "their team" whereas despite them being the best players for the last few years, this was Bo's team. I also feel like Bo did not connect well off the ice with a lot of the players, I remember him absolutely blowing up at Jake Virtanen at practice a couple years ago, additionally you NEVER see him in the young player's social media posts, he was a bit of a recluse always preferring to be with his family than hanging out with and forging bonds with the team. When he was with the players he was always hanging with Myers, OEL & the other older guys instead of the young core, JT is a family man but makes time to be with his teammates and while he is a total hard ass, he is not wrong when he goes ballistic.