When Ryan O’Reilly was an alternate captain of the Buffalo Sabres, he made it very clear (as other players have before and after him) that he was unhappy with the direction of the franchise.
Actually, it was more than that. He’d lost his joy for the game:
“It’s disappointing. It’s sad. I feel throughout the year I’ve lost the love of the game multiple times. You need to get back to it because it’s just eating myself up and eats the other guys, too. It’s just eating us up, and it’s tough.