In the NHL, the overzealous bureaucracy has effectively banned players from expressing themselves individually.
From targeting Marc-Andre Fleury and Logan Thompson to banning specialty jerseys as a result of a minority of players acting irrationally.
In addition to banning specialty warm-up jerseys, the NHL has also banned specialty helmets, since Hockey Fights Cancer has officially become a name-only event.
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Even though the NHL has rules, teams are getting inventive when it comes to finding loopholes, as the Flyers recently did.
A number of Flyers players wearing the white and lavender cancer awareness hats during warmups.
Rather than wearing Hockey Fights Cancer warmups last night, the team wore Hockey Fights Cancer hats in support of the cause.
There will never be a victory for the NHL bureaucracy.
