NHL versus NBA Player Loyalty: Insights & Differences

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00:00But it's one of the reasons why I don't think,

00:03and we've talked about this,

00:04that, listen, hockey players are different than NBA players.

00:08Like, hockey players don't really title chase.

00:11They might not, you know, be happy with a team

00:13that they play on and stuff.

00:14They might wanna go to a better team, right,

00:16when their contract is up, but it's not the NBA.

00:19Hockey players just aren't calling their shots like this.

00:23And there's a different sense of loyalty, right?

00:26And, you know, I think what Crosby, put it this way,

00:29Crosby didn't have this Team Canada stuff

00:31to look forward to.

00:33I think maybe he wouldn't wanna play

00:34for the Pittsburgh Penguins only for the rest of his group.

00:37But this stuff matters, and the Olympics matter next year.

00:41And it's amazing.

00:42Like, Crosby set up McKinnon on the first goal.

00:45Crosby just set up, it was all Crosby's work on,

00:48who Stone just scored for them.

00:51It's been Team Nova Scotia for the most part.

00:54Brad Marchant scored a goal for Team Canada as well.

00:58So it's 3-1, in-game totals, 6 1⁄2.

01:01We like the under a lot in this game.