Feels like people are only mad about this now because the benefactors are southern teams like Vegas and Florida as much as the Rangers and Leafs are
People are mad about
* Players decide to go to "no income tax" cities, and that's "unfair" and rules "need to be fixed" for that
* Players get huge signing bonuses from high-revenue teams that small-revenue teams can't fork out, and that's "unfair" and rules "need to be fixed" for that
* Some teams can't spend more money on players, and that's "unfair" and rules "need to be fixed" for that
* Players exercise their NTCs to go or not go to certain places, and that's "unfair" and rules "need to be fixed" for that
* Guys decide to take less to go to certain teams, and that's "unfair" and rules "need to be fixed" for that
* Teams that are really bad, or who are bad for more than a couple years, are "obviously tanking" and that's "unfair" and rules "need to be fixed" for that
* GMs decide to sign players to long contracts and then players suck, and that's "unfair" and rules "need to be fixed" for that
* Probably a dozen other things people can quickly list, that are "unfair" and rules "need to be fixed" for that
There's
so much unfairness going on, I can't believe some people haven't locked themselves inside a closet and slid the key under the door.