from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,

- The NHL is destroying everything John Collins has built. Collins is the chief operating officer of the league. He has promoted an event-based NHL and watched league revenue grow and prosper. The Winter Classic has been cancelled. Collins’ NHL is no more.

- Rather than appease his clientele by taking arbitrary shots at the media, wouldn’t Donald Fehr be well-advised to get on with the business of getting a deal done? The snipes to players only serve to make him look small.

- While the Stanley Cup is the apparent jewel of the hockey season, when there is a hockey season, five of the six games from this year’s final had lower television ratings than the now cancelled Winter Classic.

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