"I think the guys played hard all last year, they were competitive, they were entertaining games, we probably should have finished a little better than our record showed," Grier said. "The other part of it is, players like 'Burnsy' and Erik, those are guys that are heading towards the twilight of their careers, and they wanted a chance to try and compete for a Stanley Cup and I understand that and unfortunately, that's now where we are, so some of these things have to happen business-wise."