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Azure · 08-29-2010, 04:26 PM

I think that some refs may have a bias at times, but I don't think its as serious as taking money to call a crooked game.

NHL players often hire professionals to look after their money. This leaves a lot of room for the players to be abused, and there have been many accounts of that. But now that we have numerous $5million/season players, certain people will have the reputation of knowing how to manage that much money for a bunch of guys who more often than not have nothing more than a high school education.

I'm not really worried. Even teams will have people in place to deal with the different circumstances involved with 23 guys making millions. And when you have GMs like Sutter who care deeply about his players, not to mention Ken King, I think the NHL is pretty well off in this regard.

08-29-2010, 04:26 PM	#19
Azure Had an idea! Join Date: Oct 2005 Exp:	I think that some refs may have a bias at times, but I don't think its as serious as taking money to call a crooked game. NHL players often hire professionals to look after their money. This leaves a lot of room for the players to be abused, and there have been many accounts of that. But now that we have numerous $5million/season players, certain people will have the reputation of knowing how to manage that much money for a bunch of guys who more often than not have nothing more than a high school education. I'm not really worried. Even teams will have people in place to deal with the different circumstances involved with 23 guys making millions. And when you have GMs like Sutter who care deeply about his players, not to mention Ken King, I think the NHL is pretty well off in this regard.