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Category Archives: Gary Bettman

Windy City Winter Classic Confirmed

16 July, 2008

The NHL today confirmed what had long been suspected: that its next outdoor game would take place at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, on January 1, 2009. The Original Six matchup between the Blackhawks and the Detroit Red Wings will be the 701st between the clubs –¬†the most¬†of¬†any¬†NHL clubs. Back in May, when we wondered about the [...]

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It's Time To Realign and Bring Back the Heat Among Hated Rivals

9 June, 2008

I have six principles guiding a much-needed, rigorous realignment of NHL teams for the 2009-10 season. They are: (1) There is widespread support among general managers, owners, players, media, the presidential candidates, and hockey fans to have the Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby rivalry, such as it is, coronated formally in a largely reconstituted Patrick [...]

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The NHL in Kansas City This Autumn

30 May, 2008

A pre-sale is occurring right now (through 10:00 p.m. Central) for the first NHL game at Kansas City’s Sprint Center arena. Of course, it’s a pre-season game on September 22 between the Los Angeles Kings and the St. Louis Blues, so it’s not like KC is getting its own hockey team . . . yet. [...]

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Missing a Mismatch in May

27 May, 2008

Bettman made us wait a week for this mismatch? How is it that so broad a spectrum of press had so difficult a time recognizing the glaring discrepancies between these two teams? “Fooled by youth” is one explanation. In the pressure cooker of a Cup Finals, the Penguins look their age. Meaning, it’s one thing [...]

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Bettman's State of the Hockey Union

25 May, 2008

As is tradition, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman addressed the media late yesterday afternoon in  the lead-up to Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals. The commissioner has used this forum in the past to offer a quasi state of the game assessment, and yesterday was no different. James Mirtle has the entire transcript of the [...]

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Buzz Trades, a Big Game, a Big-Buzz Atmosphere Stream of Consciousness

27 February, 2008

Was in the then MCI Center the night of March 13, 2001 — also deadline day — when earlier in the day GMGM dealt Zednik and Bulis and a pick to Montreal for Zubrus and Linden, and the mood in last night’s rink felt larger and more significant . . . that dealmaking carried a [...]

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The NBA's Revenge

1 February, 2008

Today marks the 15th anniversary of Gary Bettman’s hiring as NHL Commissioner. Bettman is the longest serving commissioner for the league, as he’s the first. The position was previously designated as NHL President, where Clarence Campbell held the title the longest from 1946 – 1977.

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So Hockey Got Asked Out on a Date This Week

4 January, 2008

Something momentous and stupendous happened to hockey on Tuesday. By late Wednesday afternoon I was aware of an unusual mainstream media preoccupation forming a phenomenon: they were, rather uniformly, rather nationally, saying nice things about our sport. Really nice things. Then came Wednesday’s 5:00 hour on ESPN. I was New-Years-resolution fitnessing at a big health [...]

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Knee-jerks & Notes: New Years Fun Indoors and Out

2 January, 2008

We followed two big games on Tuesday. Outdoors: NBC opened its broadcast with Peter Gabriel’s instrumental “It Is Accomplished” from the Passion soundtrack–an excellent choice on many levels. Then the network returned to predictable form with Foreigner’s “Cold As Ice.” At least the network didn’t play “Ice Ice Baby.” There was an awful lot of [...]

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The Great Outdoors: On Ice-Covered Buffalo Wings and Frostbitten Big Lips

31 December, 2007

My New Year’s wish: that 64,000 of the expected 74,000 fans packing Buffalo’s football stadium tomorrow afternoon for the Winter Classic are Maple Leaf fans donning blue and white Leafs’ sweaters. Give the NHL credit when credit is due: the marketing for tomorrow’s game has been — most particularly by NHL standards — superb. Last [...]

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