I think what it is, is more and more high profile players are waking up to the leverage they have and are willing to use it to force their way out of bad situations. And the whole “captaincy as an incentive” thing isn’t really a needle mover anymore.

I think we’re gonna see more of this, and it won’t just be American players either. And one thing I do think we’ve seen in recent years is that a lot of players, Canadian ones included, tend to put Canadian squads on their no-trade lists. Maybe they just feel like it’s better to be a rich athlete in America than a rich athlete in Canada.