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Talk to members of the NHL Players’ Association, and you hear the same anecdote over and over: The players gather for a union meeting. They maybe half-listen, maybe whisper to one other, maybe fiddle with their phones, until executive director Don Fehr – once the longtime leader of the Major League Baseball Players Association – starts to speak. Suddenly, the room goes silent. The phones are put away. Everyone is all ears.
B.J. Crombeen, the St. Louis Blues’ union representative, called it “almost comical.” Jason LaBarbera, the Phoenix Coyotes’ union rep, said: “As soon as he steps up, everyone shuts up and listens. He’s just got this presence about himself. He’s obviously a smart guy. I...
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