Uber driver reveals why he made the video public in the Senators' latest fiasco!

While Matt Duchene and the rest of his teammates caught on the shocking video have apologized profusely to assistant coach Martin Raymond for their disrespectful comments, the story remains in the mouths of every fan in the National Hockey League. 

As you know, several players of the Ottawa Senators openly joked about their penalty-killing abilities, mocked one of their coaches, Martin Raymond, and laughed at the ineffectiveness of special-team meetings in a candid video from their Uber car ride during a team’s road trip. The video — since taken down — appears to have been shot in Phoenix on Oct. 29 or 30 during the team’s western road swing.

“Marty Raymond, the only coach in NHL history to have the worst power-play and the worst PK within a calendar year,” says Sens forward Matt Duchene, in reference to Martin Raymond, an assistant coach in charge of the team’s penalty-killing this year and power-play last season.

“Here’s the other thing, too. We don’t change anything, ever. So why do we even have a meeting? I haven’t paid attention in three weeks.”

Duchene took the opportunity, as he faced media members last night following the Senators' 7-3 win over the New Jersey Devils, to apologize once again publicly to Raymond and the rest of his team for his comments. 

On Tuesday, another stunning element of the story was made known as NHL insider Elliotte Friedman revealed why the Uber driver had made the video public and out for everyone to see. Here is how the NHL insider explains it in his latest 31 Thoughts on Sportsnet: 

According to one source, the driver was upset about a tip. Prior to last weekend, he began tweeting the video at reporters, writing the players were “cheap entitled kids.”

"I hate this, Friedman adds. "I despise the erosion of privacy, that people think this is okay, you should know everything is recorded. Nobody can keep up their guard all the time. It’s an impossible standard. Everyone is going to have a bad moment. Venting is human."

The Senators are reported to be studying all of the legal options to sue Uber. Uber Canada general manager Rob Khazzam apologized on his Twitter account and admitted posting the video violated its terms of service, and I would expect the players to explore their options on both sides of the border.

“I would never expect a cab ride conversation to be made public,” Vegas Golden Knights forward Ryan Reaves told reporters in Toronto prior to the contest against the Maple Leafs. “But that’s the world we live in right now. Everybody’s a snitch.”