Loyalty is bandied about in sports circles as a valued commodity, but it doesn’t necessarily guarantee success. It might even hurt you — and the Winnipeg Jets can speak to this.
Defenceman Mark Stuart is a poster boy for True North loyalty — and when I suggested last week he should be taken off the Jets penalty-killing unit, a number of questions were directed my way.
One group wondered how good NHL players deal with a teammate who is a below-average player, and whether good players realize bad players hurt the team.
Players may love their teammates, and desperately want to remain loyal to them, but they need to take care of their family first.