Michael Barnett quietly ordered a cup of coffee and poured the beer into it so the kid could join in. No big deal.
Celebrities change agents, agents change clients, life goes on.
The story didn't mention the lumps in both throats when the decision was finally made, or how they looked back down a road 21 years long. But this is about a hockey legend in the making who happened to have a close friend who happened to be his agent. They were married weeks apart in the same church, Barnett first. The truth of it was that in his own game, Barnett was becoming a star in his own right, with a client list laced with names like Jaromir Jagr, Brett Hull and so many more. But for 21 years they've prospered as a matched set.