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Do as I say, not as ... (Insider: NHL).
Shame on you, No. 99.
Shame on you, Wayne Gretzky, for changing your tune quicker than Panthers coach Mike Keenan pulls a goalie.
You are only a few years removed from making a grand living as a player (and many more millions through endorsements). But now that you have shifted your career path and are entering your second full season as managing partner of the Coyotes, the old song and dance has changed.
Let's get this straight: You think hockey players make too much money?
It's difficult to take your new outlook seriously. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman isn't pressuring you to be the pitchman for keeping the small-market teams financially healthy, is he?
It sure looked that way recently in Edmonton. There you were, puffing away on a stogie, holding court with a few reporters before your annual charity golf event, extolling the virtues of protecting the game's small-market teams and complaining that salaries today are "astronomical."
This statement came days after your Coyotes signed free agent Tony Amonte to a four-year, $24 million contract. You explained that your club signed Amonte to sell tickets. Yet your young, exciting club filled the building last season without him.
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