Hey, how about Noel Picard. He used to play defence for the Montreal Canadians. Did the head Terban actually ban a member of a Stanley Cup winning team? Wots next? Ban Bobby Baun?
See Shieks explanation on this thread https://terb.cc/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=81625&page=2&pp=9
I think this is a case where he should have been upfront about reasons to avoid two spereate threads of speculation. Then I am sure the board would have backed his decision right away instead of questioning it.