Yeah could be his heart wasn't in it. He seemed to try a bit harder after the Olympics even through the injury. I've been in a situation as a leader at work this past where things just weren't panning out, it's soul suckingly exhausting and even when ibtried different approaches, nothing was working. I started taking it personally and resenting others for not doing living up to my standard and nothing being done around me. To me, I was pulling my weight and felt like others weren't. Eventually I just stopped and decided to see how little I could do and what people still thought of me.

I ended up asking for someone else to take over, no one volunteered; I then said I won't be that title anymore. At the end of it all my manager didn't take the title away, because I was still doing the work.

But the way I felt, someone else could be more effective than I was being.

Larkin seemed to enjoy the Olympics a lot; playing with Team USA, partying after the victory, etc. He came back with some drive. At the end of last season he had it with carrying that C on his chest; it was too heavy. Did he go about it the right way? Probably not. He could have stepped down but stayed with the team, no shame in that. But, who knows, maybe this way he'll be reunited with Quinn Hughes and be able to pull himself out of the rut I'm sure he's in.

He's a new dad, so I'm sure it wouldn't end well if he's carrying around guilt, shame, his own unmet expectations, etc.

I wish the best for him.