New details emerge regarding Dubois' split with the Blue Jackets.

Over the weekend the Columbus Blue Jackets put an end to the drama that had been hounding forward Pierre Luc Dubois when they announced that he, along with a 3rd round draft selection, would be traded to Winnipeg in exchange for the Jets sending back forward Patrik Laine and Ohio native Jack Roslovic.

That should have been the end of it but now new details have emerged in a report from Radio-Canada's Martin Leclerc, details that might help provide at least a partial explanation as to why Dubois suddenly wanted out so badly after building a home in Columbus just months earlier. According to what Leclerc has published in his report, the Blue Jackets centerman would have made his feelings regarding a change of scenery known to the Blue Jackets at some point during their contract negotiations in the offseason. The two parties would then come to terms on a short term deal that would allow Dubois to return to the ice for this season while also making it feasible for Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen to work out a trade deal during the season.

All of this should have happened in calm and serene fashion with no waves being made in the locker room, but of course we now know this is not how things would eventually play out.

Leclerc reports, citing sources with knowledge of the situation, that instead the team did not hold up its end of the agreement. In fact according to him Tortorella would have instructed his assistant coaches to not so much as speak to Dubois once training camp was underway.

Translated from French:

Once training camp got under way, John Tortorella's assistants would have been ordered to no longer speak to Dubois. This led Dubois to the conclusion that: communication had broken down and that his work environment was no longer the same. And that addressing the situation in such a childlike fashion resulted in the fact that a trade was to be made very quickly.

As if that wasn't enough, we also know that Dubois was put in an extremely uncomfortable situation when he was asked to address the entire team inside the Blue Jackets locker room and explain why he wanted to be traded. Rather than keep an event like that within the confines of the Blue Jackets locker room, his coach would go on to make it public during a radio interview on 97.1 The Fan in Columbus. Making matters worse was that Tortorella openly questioned Dubois' integrity during the radio interview when he suggested that the forward had not been completely honest with his teammates.

"This is a 22-year-old kid," said Tortorella during the radio hit. "It doesn't happen that often, so he has been honest with the group. I wish he was a little bit more honest as far as reasons why. I still haven't really gotten to that, but I think he needs to speak on that. I won't."

I can certainly see why, given the added context, that the situation quickly became untenable for Dubois in Columbus and it would certainly help explain why things degenerated so quickly.