Quote:Written Task: See, none of this off-ice promotional stuff is actually in your contract. You have to put on a good face in interviews and not do enough cocaine to make the news, but stumping for a new stadium or designing events on behalf of your owner is outside your job description.

If you choose to enforce this part of your contract, how would you politely (or otherwise) tell your owner to buzz off? Or would you negotiate a consulting contract? (150+ words)

Wow, I can't believe I actually spent most of a season not only enduring the owners bullshit, but actually doing a bunch of the work for him to try and help the team get out of this mess! I thought I was supposed to be a hockey player not a businessman! And I didn't even get any extra salary or benefits from taking on all this extra work. I'm telling him that from this point on, Noel Blanchet is simply a hockey player for the Winnipeg Aurora. I will still participate in charity initiatives and team based activities and stuff like that, but all of that is by my own decision. No more being roped into the owners drama and controversy. If he can't figure out how to run a hockey team properly then he shouldn't be running a professional hockey team. And if he doesn't respect my boundaries then I will have no choice but to get my agent and the players association involved because none of that nonsense is a part of my contract.