16. Ken Dryden
Dryden had a magnificent career with the Montreal Canadiens. However, the reality is that it wasn’t always smooth sailing between the player and the franchise. They had one of hockey’s biggest contract holdouts. The goaltender wanted the team to pay him after he won a pair of Stanley Cups. On an individual basis, he also claimed the Conn Smythe Trophy.

But the Canadiens refused to meet his self-proclaimed value. Dryden didn’t back down and sat out for the entire 1973 season. Finally, he returned and the team paid him his dues. But it’s a shame that they couldn’t reach an agreement before this because the fans lost out. Money is one of the biggest dividers in the world of sports as proved in this case (via N.Y. Times).