Keep hearing that management discussed with the players at the end of the 2016 season "what happened" and players said PK was becoming a distraction in the room and instead of waiting for it to snowball into an even bigger problem in 2017 and beyond, MB was up against the gun to trade Subban before July 1st. Thing is, not many teams can afford the $9M salary and teams weren't offering anything mind-blowing. It wasn't until Shea Weber's name got suggested by NSH that MB again tried to see if he could get a better offer but didn't, and then made the trade. MB was pushing hard for a deal with EDM for Draisaitl, Klefbom and the 4th pick (which they would've taken Dubois) but that fell through when CLB took Dubois.
This isn't Therrien vs. PK - the room was simply sick of him and with Muller coming in, I bet the players came forward even more to Kirk about how the locker room was slowly becoming a distraction. I've read a lot on here over the past 5 days about how this is Therrien's fault, the Habs are racist, and MB is an idiot/lier but I think the truth is, the Montreal Canadien players wanted a change and pushed management to deal PK. And by players I mean Pacioretty, Price, Plekanec and Gallagher.
I, for one, think the addition of Weber makes the Canadiens a better 'team'. I hope this translates to a Stanley Cup over the next 3 years and I think the additions of Radulov and Shaw are great as well. Anyways, I'll miss PK but I'm still bleu-blanc-rouge for life.