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All Bettman Talk
by Paul on 06/03/10 at 10:20 AM ET
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from Adam Proteau of The Hockey News,
This may come as a shock, but there are some feats Gary Bettman is simply incapable of.
Connecting to the average hockey fan on a base emotional level is one of them. So is conducting a press conference in which he doesn’t either attempt to con attendees – my all-time favorite example is when he called speculation on the financial disarray of the Phoenix Coyotes “irresponsible reporting” – or condescend to them.
However, in the name of responsible reporting, you have to give the NHL commissioner credit when he gets stuff right. And last Friday afternoon, when Bettman conducted his annual state-of-the-league address, he came correct on a couple matters.
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This may come as a shock, but there are some feats Gary Bettman is simply incapable of.
Tying his shoes?
Walking and chewing gum at the same time?
Addition?
Subtraction?
Removing his head from his posterior?
Getting Colin Campbell to “do the right thing”?
Posted by ProjectMayhem on 06/03/10 at 11:34 AM ET
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Yes, as the league continues to make it harder for small-market franchises to succeed in non-traditional markets, poor Gary Bettman will have no option better than bringing more teams to Canada.
It’ll almost be like it’s beyond Bettman’s control, rather than a result of his machinations. It’s a multi-year face-saving plan for Bettman and the league. Proteau has it right when he talks about how all of the most unpopular things Bettman have done is because of stubbornness or refusal to evolve. He and the whole league lose face if they up and declare that the grand scheme of expanding into the southern U.S. hockey markets hasn’t held as strongly as they hoped, but everybody can see the writing on the wall. This gives the other owners and their commissioner an ability to blame the outgoing owners of the teams which will have to relocate on the teams’ failure to work in the market where they were.
Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 06/03/10 at 10:34 AM ET