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Originally Posted by ComixZone
So, fair enough - but “should” is irrelevant.
If one team treats players better than the other and does stuff like putting up the family, then that’s a point in favour of that organization over the ones that don’t do that.
It’s competition. It’s why the Leafs don’t give a #%^* about getting fined $100K if it feels it out them in a better position to win the following game. Every edge matters.
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Probably not worth much discussion because we will likely never know which team does what but it seems awfully complicated for the teams, if any, that would do this and even if they do, does it matter?
Let’s just say the Oilers do, as an example. Are they flying the McDavid’s out and putting them up at the Fairmont or the JP Marriott every time they come out? Do they do the same for the Draisaitl’s? What about Derek Ryan’s family? What about the Kulak’s? Do they get the same treatment? If they don’t, do the Ryan’s and Kulak’s feel a little disrespected? How does that work for team building?
Frankly, I doubt there’s any truth to this claim that the Flames, gasp, only put the Gaudreaus up in a super 8. And even if they did, are Jane and Guy that put off by it? If I’m not mistaken, they didn’t have a ton of money before Johnny became a pro hockey player. They probably have stayed in their fair share of Super 8 like hotels driving Johnny to hockey tournaments growing up.