I can’t speak for the sources and what they heard — and it says volumes about how small the world of elite hockey is in Canada that none of them wanted to be quoted by name — but I can confirm that the gist of what Spott was quoted as saying rings true.
As one person in the Leafs’ brain trust put it to me: "Phil’s an amazing talent, but he hates authority."
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