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Gary Bettman Image Makeover
by Alanah McGinley on 07/23/08 at 11:38 AM ET
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From Greg Wyshynski at Puck Daddy:
No matter how high the NHL soars, Gary Bettman continues to be a pesky anchor; everything about him conjures ill feelings and painful memories of cancelled seasons and managerial ineptitude. The fact that he receives the blame for all of hockey’s problems ("Bettman invented the Neutral Zone Trap to steal teams from Canada!") doesn’t help his reputation, either.
The man needs an image makeover. And we’re just the puckheads to give him one.
And it’s a contest! “Gary Bettman: Portraits in Heroism” is accepting your drawings, paintings, photoshops. etc., looking for the best ideas to rehab the Commish’s image.
Note: I’ll put my own submission up here later today. I guarantee you’ll find it incredibly inspiring…
Update 3:02pm ET: Mine is in the comments, as are the far-superior efforts of a couple of readers. Awesome.
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so I put together a quick one I immediately thought was appropriate to a moment of “true valor and heroism” Gary Bettman-style.
Posted by PaulinMiamiBeach on 07/23/08 at 12:06 PM ET
Nice touch Paul. Me thinks we need TDub in on this one too.....
Posted by MoWingsfan19 on 07/23/08 at 12:20 PM ET
My first photoshop foray for KK, Enjoy:
Won’t someone fire this guy?
-Hippy
Posted by Hippy Dave from San Francisco by way of Detroit on 07/23/08 at 01:40 PM ET
Someone do a Chariman Mao for George, now!
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 07/23/08 at 01:50 PM ET
Okay, as promised, here’s mine.
It’s from the classic art form I like to call “Really Crappy Photoshop is the Best” 
Posted by Alanah McGinley from British Columbia on 07/23/08 at 01:59 PM ET
Oh, god, that Napoleon one is priceless....
Posted by Karina on 07/23/08 at 02:52 PM ET
Thanks Karina! I like the one Matt did, creeeepy.
Posted by Hippy Dave from San Francisco by way of Detroit on 07/23/08 at 03:30 PM ET
Probably not the “makeover” the contest was looking for, but why the hell not? :D
Posted by Matt Schwartz from Royal Oak, MI on 07/23/08 at 03:32 PM ET
Hey George. Since no one else had followed it up yet, here is my effort at an Ode to the Chairman, just for you. Pretty bad, I know. A photoshop on top of a photoshop on top of a photoshop… 
Posted by Alanah McGinley from British Columbia on 07/23/08 at 03:40 PM ET
Props, Alanah, Werd!
Posted by Hippy Dave from San Francisco by way of Detroit on 07/23/08 at 08:59 PM ET
I’ll pitch in and reload a quick one I made back before the Cup Final.
Posted by Nate A from metro Detroit on 07/23/08 at 09:57 PM ET
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Are you thinking of doing a lovely Chairman Mao picture?
Man, the Photoshop-inept would love to see that, or I would, anyway…
Posted by George James Malik from South Lyon, MI on 07/23/08 at 11:49 AM ET