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Brendan Shanahan: “I think that we all have to do a better job of creating a environment on and off the ice that is more with the times”

What did you make of the messaging from the league and the plan in place to move forward and provide more training and outlets for players?

Shanahan: It’s time. I think that it was a great first step. The recognition that, even though some things have occurred and some things have come out, we could possibly learn from this and grow from this, be leaders in our sport — not just for the National Hockey League, but for youth sports in general. Times are evolving. We have to evolve. I think that, obviously, we have all come from a generation where there are certain things that have occurred and occurred to us and occurred to us as players that you just sort of accepted.