Gary stated Cownie felt he deserved to be in the powerplays ahead of Keith, Pitt etc, so yes that to me seems like he has a sense of entitlement.
As for the Finnerty situation, I don't think he should have took to twitter to basically claim Cownie was going to London on a trip rather than wanting to play. By the same token though fans were wondering why he wasn't in the squad so I guess he had to explain the reasoning