The speech left fans laughing and questioning why Gary Bettman felt this was necessary. We weren't the only one because apparently Victor Hedman took the time to talk to a mic'd up Chris Rooney about it.
When Hedman approaches Rooney let's him know that he was asked to make the speech and when Hedman asks how much he was paid for it, Rooney admits he still has to negotiate that. But the likely results? A lovely ESPN hat.
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12 OCTOBRE | 518 ANSWERS Referee reveals how much he was paid to perform awful opening faceoff speech Did you like the pregame speech? | ||
No, it was terrible | 429 | 82.8 % |
Yes, it was welcoming | 89 | 17.2 % |
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