Merb scoop: The real reason why Zack Cassian was traded to Edmonton
As i mentionned earlier in the free-for-all thread, here is the REAL reason why Zack Cassian got traded to the Oilers:
As we all know, he was sent to rehab for a couple of months or so following his incident last October. By the way, i'm not buying the 'official' story that one of the girls he was with was driving his pick-up truck that night. But that's another story.
The plan was to have Cassian sent to St-John's for a conditioning stint once his time in rehab was over, and then get called up by the big team. Well, things didn't exactly go as planned. But the team doesn't want anyone to know this, right?
So here's what happened:
Cassian came out of rehab a couple of weeks ago or so. When he came out of rehab, he learned he'd be sent to St-John's for conditioning. So the following night while in Montreal to pick up his things, he got a phone call from a few of his teammates to join them at a well-known bar in Montreal. Since it was his last night in town before heading off to St-John's, he figured why not, even though he had just come out of rehab and fully knew he was on a short leash with the coach and GM.
So he went out and joined some of his habs teammates. It's not known if he drank or not. It's also not known at what time he got home, but that's not important. Later that morning, he got a call from someone affiliated with habs management. "Where's your wallet, Zack?" Cassian realized he didn't have his wallet. "We know where it is. It's at one of the establishments you were at last night. Go over and pick it up now."
It turns out that one of the bouncers from one of the clubs had found Cassian's wallet and contacted the team about it. But before contacting the team, he contacted one of the bouncer's old contacts in the media. To prove to this contact that he wasn't lying, he took pictures of the wallet in question and some of the items inside (credit cards, i.d. cards, etc) which proved that it belonged to Cassian. Cassian then went over and picked up the wallet, and later left for St-John's to join the habs' farm team for his conditioning stint.
However, when GM Marc Bergevin found out about this, he was furious!!!!! But since the holiday trading freeze was coming up, he chose to tell Cassian to head back home in Montreal and to wait for instructions. Meanwhile, Bergevin made up his mind that there was no way he wanted someone like Cassian in his organization. He had run out of chances. So he got on the phone and contacted a few organizations about making a trade for Cassian. From what i was told, only two teams showed a legit interest in Cassian. Or let's say that they were willing to give up something for him: the Oilers and the Sharks. So he was traded to the Edmonton Oilers for Ben Scrivens. But the trade could only be announced on the 28th due to the holiday trading freeze.
So there you go, folks. That's why Zack Cassian's time with the habs was short-lived. The habs were literally fed up with him. Already.
p.s. My source's source refused to give me the name of the establishment where Kassian lost his wallet since he didn't want his contact (bouncer) to get in trouble with his boss.
As i mentionned earlier in the free-for-all thread, here is the REAL reason why Zack Cassian got traded to the Oilers:
As we all know, he was sent to rehab for a couple of months or so following his incident last October. By the way, i'm not buying the 'official' story that one of the girls he was with was driving his pick-up truck that night. But that's another story.
The plan was to have Cassian sent to St-John's for a conditioning stint once his time in rehab was over, and then get called up by the big team. Well, things didn't exactly go as planned. But the team doesn't want anyone to know this, right?
So here's what happened:
Cassian came out of rehab a couple of weeks ago or so. When he came out of rehab, he learned he'd be sent to St-John's for conditioning. So the following night while in Montreal to pick up his things, he got a phone call from a few of his teammates to join them at a well-known bar in Montreal. Since it was his last night in town before heading off to St-John's, he figured why not, even though he had just come out of rehab and fully knew he was on a short leash with the coach and GM.
So he went out and joined some of his habs teammates. It's not known if he drank or not. It's also not known at what time he got home, but that's not important. Later that morning, he got a call from someone affiliated with habs management. "Where's your wallet, Zack?" Cassian realized he didn't have his wallet. "We know where it is. It's at one of the establishments you were at last night. Go over and pick it up now."
It turns out that one of the bouncers from one of the clubs had found Cassian's wallet and contacted the team about it. But before contacting the team, he contacted one of the bouncer's old contacts in the media. To prove to this contact that he wasn't lying, he took pictures of the wallet in question and some of the items inside (credit cards, i.d. cards, etc) which proved that it belonged to Cassian. Cassian then went over and picked up the wallet, and later left for St-John's to join the habs' farm team for his conditioning stint.
However, when GM Marc Bergevin found out about this, he was furious!!!!! But since the holiday trading freeze was coming up, he chose to tell Cassian to head back home in Montreal and to wait for instructions. Meanwhile, Bergevin made up his mind that there was no way he wanted someone like Cassian in his organization. He had run out of chances. So he got on the phone and contacted a few organizations about making a trade for Cassian. From what i was told, only two teams showed a legit interest in Cassian. Or let's say that they were willing to give up something for him: the Oilers and the Sharks. So he was traded to the Edmonton Oilers for Ben Scrivens. But the trade could only be announced on the 28th due to the holiday trading freeze.
So there you go, folks. That's why Zack Cassian's time with the habs was short-lived. The habs were literally fed up with him. Already.
p.s. My source's source refused to give me the name of the establishment where Kassian lost his wallet since he didn't want his contact (bouncer) to get in trouble with his boss.
