Calvin de Haan wished to “put the fire out” and tackle a scenario that, from his vantage level, has been blown out of proportion.
Three days after the 33-year-old defenseman lambasted the best way the Rangers have handled him since arriving through a midseason commerce as “f–ked,” de Haan stated his frustration largely stemmed from being a wholesome scratch for the final 19 video games getting into Thursday’s season-finale vs. the Lightning.
The scenario occurred as de Haan was about to step onto the ice for an elective follow Sunday in Dawn, Fla.
He initially confirmed that he wished to speak with reporters earlier than talking with the Rangers PR employees and delaying it, The Publish’s Mollie Walker reported on the time.
He posted concerning the trade on X later that day.
De Haan revealed Wednesday that he additionally referred to as president and common supervisor Chris Drury and “tried to do the honorable thing and just tell him sorry, I didn’t mean to belittle anyone or drag the organization through the mud.”
“It was a long month for me,” de Haan stated. “They requested me if I used to be pissed off, and possibly I ought to’ve chosen my phrases somewhat higher, frankly, nevertheless it was a protracted month for me. On the finish of the day, I simply wished an opportunity to compete. I perceive I’m not a top-four, $10 million man anymore on this league, and I won’t have large affect on the video games.
“But I still want to play and be out there and go to war with the guys. That’s pretty much it at the end of the day. I wish I would’ve had a chance to say my thoughts in a scrum, more or less.”
After arriving with Juuso Pärssinen within the March commerce that despatched Ryan Lindgren and Jimmy Vesey to the Avalanche, de Haan skated in his first three video games with the Rangers, logged no less than 14 minutes of ice time in every and even tallied an help in his Blueshirts debut.
However Laviolette has stored de Haan within the press field since, although de Haan acknowledged that he is aware of it’s “nothing personal” and simply the enterprise of the game.
De Haan shall be a free agent this offseason, and whereas he stated he nonetheless desires to play and earn his contracts, he doesn’t know the place the match may very well be.
“You gotta be realistic,” de Haan stated. “I’m getting older in hockey years, and I’ve been on one-year deals the past few years … We’ll see.”
