Full disclosure here, for all you hockey fans trying to get a grip on all the cash that flew around during the Canada Day free agency fireworks Friday.
The world of big money markets confuses me. I can’t quite get a handle on how and why global stock markets plummeted and then almost immediately rebounded in the wake of the Brexit vote.
And then came Friday, when NHL teams once again left me bewildered, tripping over each other in the annual wild rush to spend, spend and spend some more — a cool $306 million U.S. (that’s $398 million loonies) in the opening 35 minutes of free agency alone.