[PHOTO] The Black Bull Tavern on Don Cherry, December 2012

[rfmcdonald]

Walking past the Black Bull Tavern (298 Queen Street West) late last month with a friend, I was curious to see this sign. What did it mean?

It turns out that the bar's own, former CFL player Bobby Taylor, was quite upset with Don Cherry over statements he made about injured players.

On Nov. 30, 2013, Don Cherry took to the airwaves on CBC’s Hockey Night In Canada – wearing what appeared to be a shabby chic down comforter as a jacket – and blasted the former NHL players who are suing the League for the way its handled concussions through the years.

“It’s a money grab,” said Cherry, calling the lawsuit ridiculous. “I feel sorry for the guys, but it’s a money grab.”

Bobby Taylor had heard enough. The owner of Black Bull Tavern on Queen Street West in Toronto doesn’t have the bully pulpit that Cherry does; what he does have is a street sign, which he turned into a billboard calling out Cherry’s comments.

The one side reads: “HNIC Don Cherry ‘money grab’ throws hockey players under the bus.”

The other side lists the names of Derek Boogaard, Wade Belak and Rick Rypien, former enforcers who all died in the Summer of 2011.

Good for Taylor.