I liked this film since it looked at how the NHLPA all started. Ted Lindsay was the one who originated the first NHL players' union. But it's called an association and not a union because they felt that hockey players were not from just another blue-collar group. Hockey players were and are elite athletes, not average joes like myself with 9 to 5 jobs.
Anyway, some see Ted Lindsay as a pioneer for starting the first Players Association while others see him as a bad guy for allowing players to speak out against any so-called injustices against the players. I don't think it was so much about wanting more money. It was more about needing a retirement package, more benefits, security, etc. Most people want more money, but it's more important to grab security benefits, pensions and the sort. I admire Ted Lindsay for standing up to the NHL and demand better treatment of the players that came as forming the new Players Association.
I think the NHL hated what Lindsay did because he did the unthinkable by forming the group behind the NHL's backs. Of course, they would have never consulted the NHL if they wanted to form the new association, because the NHL would have never accepted such a proposal. Thus began a new era with additional problems for the NHL.
Anyhow, this film deserves an 8 out of 10.
Anyway, some see Ted Lindsay as a pioneer for starting the first Players Association while others see him as a bad guy for allowing players to speak out against any so-called injustices against the players. I don't think it was so much about wanting more money. It was more about needing a retirement package, more benefits, security, etc. Most people want more money, but it's more important to grab security benefits, pensions and the sort. I admire Ted Lindsay for standing up to the NHL and demand better treatment of the players that came as forming the new Players Association.
I think the NHL hated what Lindsay did because he did the unthinkable by forming the group behind the NHL's backs. Of course, they would have never consulted the NHL if they wanted to form the new association, because the NHL would have never accepted such a proposal. Thus began a new era with additional problems for the NHL.
Anyhow, this film deserves an 8 out of 10.