Ethan

Did he give it to himself?

I think you've got to read the book to figure it out.

Absolutely.

I'm going to let that hang.

John Cooper calling him out the other night was really funny.

That made me think of it.

That was so good.

At last check, there's about 7% of players of color in the National Hockey League right now.

It feels like...

just above 50 players.

We're looking at this at a grassroots depth here.

What are some suggestions that you might have

for the game to grow, to bump that number up?

You have to find ways to make the sport more accessible.

I mean, I think that's a pretty easy place to start.

You look at other sports like basketball and soccer, you don't need nearly as much to get into those sports in terms of an entry cost.

And also, if we're talking about Black people getting into those sports, it gets so much easier for Black people to see themselves in the NBA or to see themselves playing soccer.

even Major League Baseball to a certain degree, just in terms of just the players that they've seen come before them, but also the cost.

Like in Canada, there was a point, I don't know if it's still the case, it might still be the case, where like you could spend as much putting your kid through hockey

compared to like if you wanted to put them through like equestrian or horse jumping like these like hockey is seen it's it's obviously it's obviously seen as the sport in canada but there's so much that goes into buying equipment and and and putting them into registration for certain programs and if your kid is really good are you putting them in a high level training program year round or or different parts of the year are you letting them