Posts tagged with "Gary Bettman"
NHL's Salary Cap Increases Product Value
July 27th, 2017 The sale of exclusive media rights for professional sports entertainment is a global phenomenon. Sports being played at the highest levels around the world are drawing enormous crowds and so too are they drawing the interests of media networks. The result has been bigger rights deals in every league and the ripple effects are especially...
Off the Crossbar: Top 5 Theories for the NHL’s 30-Minute Delay of Protected Lists
June 19th, 2017 So, there we all were Sunday morning, the entire hockey world, waiting patiently with our laptops open, our morning coffee by our side and swirling thoughts of who would be protected and unprotected. And then along came the tweet:https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/876439225637363712Are you kidding me? A minute before the NHL was...
Off the Crossbar: Smashville to Have Hearing with Bettman
June 9th, 2017 NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has scheduled an emergency hearing for the entity known as Smashville. The list of violations committed over Games 3 and 4 hosted by the Predators includes Excessive Cheering, Unsportsmanlike Volume and Gathering with Intent to Party. Bettman has vowed to personally show the rowdy Volunteer bunch that there...
The Devils’ Dilemma: Nolan or Nico?
May 15th, 2017 On the night of June 23 at the United Center in Chicago, the fortunes and futures of many NHL teams and aspiring NHL players will be changed forever. Perhaps none more than the New Jersey Devils, who in a surprise won the Draft Lottery and will be picking first overall for the first time in the team’s history.NHL commissioner...
The Current State of the NHL Power Play
April 24th, 2017 Is it just me or are the number of power-play chances in the NHL down?Given what happened to the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, it's a question that definitely merits an answer. Recall that the Blue Jackets finished the 2016-17 season with the fewest power-play chances in almost 30 seasons according to the Elias Sports Bureau. In...
Korea, China, Olympics and Fool’s Gold
April 8th, 2017 The NHL recently decided to continue league play instead of shutting down and allowing players to participate in the 2018 Olympic games in South Korea.Apparently, the NHL does not see the upcoming Olympics as critical for the league. South Korea is a thriving nation to be sure, but it is a tiny fraction of China, the 2022 host. Is...
