It's just such a ridiculous suggestion. No one is "taking the side of the owner". No one is going "Yeah, you get him John McConnell! Grind him down, keep more of your money in your pocket!" No one gives a crap what the billionaire owner or the millionaire player has in their bank account at the end of the day.
What we care about is wins. Does the contract advance the team's ability to win, or does it not? No one has anything negative to say about the Makar deal, or the Point deal, because it's clear that although those players got lots of money, those contracts were commensurate with the value the players provide to their team in terms of helping them win. Those contracts will help the team be successful.
I'm going to be interested in how you react to Rasmus Ristolainen's inevitable big payday from the Flyers by the way... I've never seen a player declare outright that he's going to go out and play like "a piece of ####" before, but you have to give him credit for honesty; that's my expectation as well.
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