Posts About "Gary Bettman"
Bettman Talks Hurricanes, Playoffs & Outdoor Games
February 27th, 2019 The Carolina Hurricanes welcomed Gary Bettman, the commissioner of the NHL to their home venue, the PNC Arena in Raleigh, NC. Bettman spent a full day with the Hurricanes' management team and owner, Tom Dundon. On the agenda was checking out the condition of the arena, meeting with some of the Hurricanes players and the media and...
NHL CBA: Making the Case for Annual Amnesty Buyouts
December 12th, 2018 It may seem like the last NHL work stoppage was only a couple of years ago, but there’s already potential for another lockout on the horizon. There’s an opt-out clause in the current NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that could put the 2020-21 season on hold. Though these stoppages turn off fans and result in less money...
Bruce McNall: His Rise and Fall
December 10th, 2018 On Aug. 9, 1988, the hockey world changed forever. The Edmonton Oilers traded the Great One, Wayne Gretzky, along with Marty McSorley and Mike Krushelnyski, to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Jimmy Carson, Martin Gelinas, $15 million in cash, and the Kings' first-round draft picks in 1989, 1991 and 1993. Behind all of this madness...
Quebec City's Only Hope is a Relocation Franchise
December 8th, 2018 On June 22, 2016, the city of Las Vegas was awarded an NHL franchise by the League’s Board of Governors at their summer meetings. Billionaire Bill Foley paid $500 million to the NHL's other owners as an expansion fee for the rights to ice the league’s 31st franchise. Vegas was the NHL’s first expansion team since 2000 when...
NHL Announces Tentative Deal in Concussion Lawsuit
November 12th, 2018 On Monday, the National Hockey League announced they've reached a tentative settlement in a five-year-old brain injury lawsuit which began back in November of 2013. Over 100 former players (318 plaintiffs) brought the suit forth to the NHL after alleging the league did not do enough to warn players of the dangers of repeated head trauma...
David Stern on Gary Bettman's Call to the Hall
November 11th, 2018 TORONTO — David Stern tries to connect with Gary Bettman by phone about once a week. Even he has a tough time keeping track of the NHL commissioner's schedule. "I called him one day and he was in Helsinki," Stern said. "The next day he was so...
