On July, 26th a study released their findings on CTE, the published results revealed that contact athletes were over 68 times more likely to develop CTE.
Dryden called on the NHL to reduce as much as possible, contact to the head. Of course, it'll be impossible to reduce them all but to make headway towards controlling the contact better.
Dryden called out the NHLPA also to do more to protect NHL players, from needless headshots on the ice. Circling back to the studies, it was determined that Zero non-contact athletes, developed CTE.
Dryden, who served in Parliament under Paul Martin as Minister of Social Development, is a Lawyer currently who has had a friend suffer from dementia as a result of contact to the head.