Bryan Hayes

It's amazing the impression you can make just with a few little social media clips, like that one where he's walking through the parking lot shaking hands with people and just looking like a regular guy, even though he's a regular billionaire.

That goes a long way, right?

And you kind of contrast that with the way Tom Dundon, who owns the Carolina Hurricanes and now is introducing himself to the fans in Portland as the new owner of the NBA Trailblazers.

And they're pissed at him.

They can't stand this guy around.

He's putting his foot in his mouth every five minutes, right?

And all the little nickel and dime stuff.

Did you see the one about how he told staff that they had to hang out in the lobby of the hotel before game time because they did not want to pay for late checkout for a 7 p.m.

start?

Yeah.

Think about that.

And it's like, why would you want to turn the market against you the minute you show up in town, right?

It could be a plan.

Soccer Canada did that where you could come down to Cafe Diplomatico and trade in your Italy jersey for a Canada jersey.

The joke of the bridges of the world could trade in their Italy jerseys.

Well, apparently in the end they didn't make you give them your Italy jersey.

They just gave you a Canada jersey to go with it.

So they didn't take your Italy jersey off your back.

Makes a lot of sense, MJ.

Well, let's talk about some teams that are actually playing hockey this spring.