1) That Conn Smythe had never fired Dick Irvin Sr & alienated Frank Selke Sr.... both packing up & moving to Montreal.
2) That Harold Ballard had never been allowed to get his hooks into the Marlies & Leafs, the Gardens & Stafford Smythe.
3) That NHL Board of Governors & Clarence Campbell had been honorable & caring in their dealings with the players.
4) That the NHL had clamped down on violence, stick swinging incidents in particular in the 50's with Lifetime Bans.
5) That the NHL had paid their talent appropriately in the 50's & 60's, possibly negating the Lindsay Revolt.
6) That had they done so, the Revolt doesnt happen, hybrid Draft/Sponsorship model continues to this day.
7) That the NHL had been a lot more fair & equitable with the 67 Expansion Draft.
8) That the NY Rangers had been respectable & won Cups in the 50's & 60's, game farther ahead in the US.
9) That Bill Masterton had been ordered off the ice far earlier than his final fatal game given the signs he was exhibiting.
... whew....
10) That Punch Imlach & Jack Adams had been prescribed "Chill Pills" or whatever, not been such Jack-A-Nape's.
11) That Stafford Smythe finally be recognized for his contributions to the game in general, Leafs, inducted into HHOF.
12) That Bassett Sr, the Chairman of MLG & Leafs Board had demanded Ballards & Smythes Resignations in 1970/71.
13) The horrors expd by dozens of kids over several decades at the hands of MLG employees never happened.
14) That more people had seen the true nature of R. Alan Eagleson earlier incldg Pulford, Doug Orr & his son, Bobby.
15) That the NHL Board of Governors had been more astute & careful with Expansions, less haste, graduated over time.
16) That the NHL with every Expansion also increased the number of RS Games never happened. 70 RS Games plenty.
17) That the NHL ever permitted the papering of the boards, ice surface, stairwells etc etc etc with sponsor ID.
18) That the NHL ever added a Ref, eliminated the Center Red Line, added the Trapezoid, eliminated the Instigator Rule.
19) That the NHL put the group headed by Carl Brewer in the Pension Suit through what they did; ditto now current, ongoing Concussion Suit.
20) That NHL increase its financial support & contributions to the HHOF, and I mean significantly....
... could go on & on.... and on.....................