Quoting: F50marco
Yeah. Red flag if I ever saw one. I think Minny will be in tough to get any type of "good" value for him. Might have to be problem child for problem child type trade.
To be fair. The assessment on him is probably overly harsh. He still has top 4 upside as a 2nd pairing defenseman who can run a PP and is still only 22. So there's plenty of time for continued growth there.
The issue more than anything else in my mind is he is currently in the wrong system and with the wrong team oriented defense first focus for him. Which isn't necessarily his fault.
He's an offensive defenseman, who has no defensive game whatsoever. Which is nothing unusual. Especially in the NHL. But he's currently playing for a front office, organization, and coaching staff where the expectation is that a defenseman or any player really MUST play defensively sound hockey first, and be an offensive player second.
On a team that isn't as heavily focused on that or one that doesn't take issue with a less than desirable defensive skillset in favor for his aptitude for the offensive side of his game. Then he can probably thrive.
So I don't think it's his attitude, so much as, he simply doesn't fit Minnesota's overall team ideology or identity.