Darren Moulding had seen signs of fracture within Team Bottcher well before things came to a head for the reigning national men’s champions this week. A group text about a sponsorship request led to an in-person team meeting at the Edmonton home of lead Karrick Martin on Friday evening. Moulding was joined at the sitdown by Martin, skip Brendan Bottcher and second Brad Thiessen. “When I showed up, I walked in the door and they basically just told me I was cut,” Moulding said. Team Bottcher issued a statement later Friday night confirming Moulding’s departure. The release added he’d be “taking time away from the game for personal reasons,” something Moulding described on Twitter as a “complete BS statement.” For a team that’s ranked sixth in the world and will soon wear the Maple Leaf at the Tim Hortons Brier, the mid-season move — even after a disappointing showing at Canada’s Olympic trials — came as a major surprise. The team said it planned to name a new teammate at a later d...