Pat Brisson
Pat Brisson
Pat Brissonis a Canadian National Hockey League Players' Associationagent and co-head of the Hockey Division of Creative Artists Agency with partner J. P. Barry...
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I understand and recognize that it's not an easy decision for the Canadian selection committee. Regardless of their decisions, it was going to create some kind of controversy with the talent pool.
plug
Once in a while, we will try to plug in.
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Not only my imagination, but my life inspires my stories. All of my stories have a little bit of me in them.
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In a sense, sports and entertainment go together and more news about Sidney or a particular player is good for the game. I think it's great and I view it this way: It's outstanding that a paper committed to do this. As long as Sidney has enough room to rest and recharge his batteries, I am fine with it.
until wait
Don't wait until you're 30. Get started and write now.
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We've been approached by it all -- the quick service restaurants, cars and trucks, financial institutions,
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Normally in any given year the player that sells the most jerseys will sell 7,000-8,000 over a full year, ... Reebok is anticipating selling 30,000 jerseys this year.
league savior
Savior is a big word. No one's a savior of the league at this point.
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Luc himself has had discussions with (general manager Dave Taylor) and said he was disappointed. But what else can we do? He has put in a lot of years, and given a lot of great moments to Kings fans. So it would be nice to see him finish the season playing.
kid
No. I didn't think as a kid I'd be an author.
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We want to make sure he's not a walking billboard as soon as he gets to the NHL. His priority, and ours, is that he's content, fully energized and has fuel to perform on the ice. He understands it's a business and that it's good for the league and the sport, but at the same time he's human.
decision either
It's a controversial decision either way but, in my opinion, Sidney could play with the best.
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I probably get 15 to 20 calls a day about him. But I won't be bothering him every two hours about something. ... It's not his priority now that camp has started. It's important he's allowed to be an 18-year-old kid.
explore
If there's no draft, no CBA at that point, we're going to have to explore our options.