He’s been a member of the Detroit Red Wings his entire 15-year career, yet now the team and Niklas Kronwall are at a bit of a crossroads. It’s a franchise, ownership, and a general manager that has been loyal to a fault in the past and at times made decisions and roster moves for what is best for a player rather than the franchise.
I won’t go on and list a bunch of examples in this article but just think of that time Daniel Cleary was about to sign a reasonably wealthy deal with the Philadelphia Flyers.