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Look Into The Eyes Of An NHL Player

By Kate on February 4, 2005 9:25 PM | 6 Comments

For only $20,835 a month you too, can sponsor an NHL hockey player in need.

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howie meeker | February 4, 2005 11:32 PM

That's very cute.I wonder how many of them socked away their paycheques from last season just in case they had to go a year without any income? If they are at all like Theo Fleury, not likely.I have a relation who's brother is a well known player agent, and the stories of excess and stupidity in how players handled their finances, is endless.Denis Savard sure liked to invest in some dumb things ;-)

bobthebellbuoy | February 4, 2005 11:54 PM

Damn.... I'll take two if they do windows.

Kate | February 5, 2005 1:11 AM

There's a really funny audio version out there somewhere. If someone spots it, let me know - I heard the piece on radio today, and it's priceless.

Mississauga Matt | February 5, 2005 8:01 AM

I side with the players.

This is a fight over who gets the bigger piece of the economic pie - the owners or the players - and as someone who lived through the Harold Ballard years, who tunes in to see Mats Sundin and Gary Roberts play, but not to see Leaf management do a crappy job, it really is an easy call.

If some teams paid too much money for player that turned out to be stiffs, that's their tough luck. Giving them the right to collude is not the answer IMHO.

And I'd rather that a few teams fail, causing the league to contract. That would result in better hockey.

Jay | February 5, 2005 8:48 AM

Screw the players, screw the owners - they're all over paid.

It's not like they've invented a battery that will last as long as a Pink Floyd tape or anything.

howie meeker | February 5, 2005 11:03 AM

The players take over 75% of revenues, and unlike the NFL, have guaranteed contracts.The owners of capital take all the risks,cannot depreciate the salaries,nor subject players to free market competition.The NHL business model stinks because the risk goes only one way.

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