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Originally Posted by FAN
You can put forth a country's marriage statistics all you want, but like I said, I seriously don't think there are too many 30+ year old NHL single guys. There is such thing a social stigma and IMO it's safe to assume that the NHL has their own cultural norm that is different from the average Canadian or American. So if there are very few 30+ year old single guys in the NHL they are going to stick out like a sore thumb. It's entirely plausible that a single 30 year old NHL player is viewed differently than a 30 year old NHL player with a wife and kids.
Isn't that part of Commodore's point? I quote: "The coach (Arniel) was jealous because he played a lot of years, he had a wife and kids and he felt he didn't earn a lot of money so he booted me off the team." Commodore was saying that Arniel was jealous because despite playing a lot of NHL games Arniel felt he didn't earn enough money. Again, this is entirely plausible. We've heard a lot of retired hockey players complain about the money they earned vs the money the players are making now.
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That's a lot of what-ifs and special-case scenarios.
But what's more possible. Jealous coaches coming together to conspire against the hard-done-by Mike Commodore....or a mediocre player simply being cut and/or traded by a team because he's not that good... just like he had been his whole career, similar to a familiar scenario that happens all the time with every NHL team?
The guy should be counting his lucky stars, not complaining about not getting his due.