"Wasn't so much we decided we wanted to go in different directions, it was more just trying to see if this was about a trade," Cheveldayoff said. "I did ask Dustin that question back on Sept. 11, I asked him even again in October when we met. It was never about a trade. One last-ditch attempt before the trade deadline to see, 'Is it about a trade, do you want to go play somewhere else if I can make something happen here?' And it wasn't a situation where he said, 'I'll go here if you can trade me there.' It was, 'No, I'm content where I'm at.'"