Nik the Trik said:Frank E said:I don't think it's that fans want Marner to acquiesce to Tanenbaum, it's that they want the extra dollars to improve the team.
As Herman said earlier, it's not like fans criticizing players for wanting to negotiate the best deal for themselves started with the cap. Fans so universally resenting players earning the money they do, and siding with the owners during the lockouts, is one of the primary reasons we have the cap in the first place.
It's pretty typical of the public to side against labour in labour disputes.