The real story may never be fully told.
Those “things” Flames GM Brad Treliving said he’s going to keep internal rather than share in the aftermath of trading away one of the best offensive defencemen in the league on Saturday have been talked about ad nauseam for months already.
A lack of interest in bonding with the boys. An irksome acceptance of the outcome of games. A conspicuous absence at the end-of-year exit interviews (with the media, and perhaps, with the brass, too).
Dougie Hamilton’s personality wasn’t part of the fabric of the dressing room. He wasn’t happy here.