“Well, obviously Mark Messier was there and Trevor and there appeared to be a split among the group, amongst the team in terms of those two individuals. That’s one thing you can not have in a dressing room is a break like that amongst the players, it just doesn’t work and you’re not gonna ever have success.” Keenan said.
He added, “I know it was a very unpopular move, to move Trevor, but as I said, in the end it worked out extremely well for the franchise because Brian Burke was able to acquire the twins [Sedins] because of that trade. Obviously the twins, the Sedin brothers, did amazing things for their franchise. So, the split in the dressing room was difficult and it was called impossible after a while.”