Ron MacLean

And that cuts two ways, Bob.

More and more we're finding, you know, the players did lose the lockout in 2006.

They are not paid commensurate with what they're worth.

Their market value is grossly, you know, underappreciated in the system we have now.

um where they have power is obviously uh you know they can sort of at mutiny they can do whatever they want to make a change in coaches uh and you've seen that and you've seen that in terms of teams you know they're requesting trades if they want so there's there's just different power uh imbalances you know at play here but what with uh

I mean, Darnell Nurse has requested a trade.

So, you know, I think it's a really intriguing time that we're going through.

And it's as I said, in the in the end, all you can do is is let the justice system, however it's constructed, whether it's collective bargaining, whether it's the National Hockey League and the Players Association or whether it's the law itself.

you have to turn to those non-vested interests in order to make a third-party opinion of such matters.

It was one of the worst aspects of the salary cap for the players, whether they realized it or not.

Was not only to the fans, you know, they're always going to think you make too much money, no matter what.

But when you are at nine million, you're going to get it.

And within the room, there's a problem.

It used to be you really were happy when somebody got more money because it wasn't a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul.

It was there was no cap.

It was just another, you know, benchmark, another rising tide.

But this situation is kind of the opposite.

Now there's usually four to five guys make all the money on a team, and there's 15 looking around the room saying, well, don't look at me.

What about those guys?

They're the ones who are supposed to carry the mail.