After years of youngsters growing up watching their hockey heroes play, they had two things in mind: I want to play in the NHL and make a lot of money...
Before the insanity that is greed crept into the NHL, there were kids that were saying, "I want to play in the NHL and be like my hockey hero."
Now before people start jumping on me, saying, "Live in the now," let me tell you—I am.
Before the cap era, NHLers were playing a sport that they loved and were paid handsomely...in some regards, too handsomely...
This greed placed a lot of NHL clubs in peril and deep-sixed some clubs. Who is to blame for it? Players, owners, fans? Try all of the above.
The players because when the NHLPA came into play, the goal was to get what is right for the players. Before, it was the owners that were getting rich while the players were not and were virtually abused and thrown out when no longer needed. The goal of the NHLPA was to get what is right for the players. And they succeeded...too well...
When players were getting top dollar as far back as the '70s, about one million dollars, rookies are get ...
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