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Elliotte Friedman - 32T - Hellebuyck Full Storyline (Warning: Sorry, long report) | When Hellebuyck initially told the Jets he wanted to be traded, he said, I want to be traded to Florida. And it was about the direction of the team. [...] The incident or incidents that bothered him didn't come up. Then eventually he moved from one team because the Jets didn't like what the Panthers were offering to open his list. [...] But again, whatever bothered him didn't come up. Later, when things weren't going the way that he wanted them to go and he hadn't been traded yet, that's when he brought it up. [...] In Hellebuyck's mind, he was like, I'm not bringing my family into this, [...] I want to protect my family. [...] But on the other side, there's the Jets. And they're like, really? Now? You're telling us this now, months later? And they were skeptical about it. They were like, now you're just bringing other things into it that you didn't tell us before. So in Hellebuyck's mind, he was doing the right thing and he was protecting his family. And he did want to be traded. The Jets were like, no, this isn't right. If this was really the issue, you should have told us that from the start. So this whole thing about what happened when and what really was a factor, that's why I think we got to that point. Hellebuyck wanted to leave it out and the Jets were upset it wasn't on the table from the beginning. And everybody out there can decide how they feel about that. It's pretty much over now, really. But that's what I think happened - 11/12 #GoJetsGo #NJDevils #NHL #FlaPanthers