Ted Lindsay: What bylaws? I've been in the league for 12 years I've never seen no bylaws!

Conn Smythe: They're right here.
[brandishes a book]

Milton Mound: May I see them please?

Conn Smythe: They're confidential.

Milton Mound: How can a bylaw be confidential?

Conn Smythe: Only the governors are privy to them. It says so right here in the bylaws.

Milton Mound: Well you show me where it says that.

Conn Smythe: You're prohibited from seeing the bylaws. It says so in the bylaw!”

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