re div and conf names epritcha s psych uiuc edu evan pritchard writes no i would not want to see a ballard division but to say that these owners are assholes hence all nhl management people are assholes would be fallacious conn smythe for example was a classy individual from what i have heard depends on what you mean by classy from what i ve heard about him he was about as classy as harold ballard only difference was that back then almost all the owners were like that so he seemed okay by comparison read the book net worth for one view of what smythe and norris and adams and campbell were like also isn t the point of professional hockey to make money for all those involved which would include the players what i think you might be saying is that the players have not made as much money as should have been their due and it is the players that are what make the game great not the people who put them on the ice so naming division after management people rather than players is adding insult in the form of lesser recognition to injury less money than was deserved even more specifically i think what roger was saying and i said it previously too is that these are not the people who made the league great so why should divisions conferences etc be named after them instead of morenz vezina howe orr etc the people who did make it great instead the nhl has chosen to immortalize the men who got rich off of the men who made the game great chris roney e mail chris roney sfu ca
