Posts About "Gary Bettman"
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...
The NHL and Gary Bettman: 25 Years of Progress and Controversy
September 5th, 2018 * originally published in Feb. 2018 Gary Bettman gets booed when he speaks. A lot. He is the public face behind the decision not to allow NHL players to participate in the 2018 Olympics. When an owner wants public funds used to finance a new arena, Bettman makes the case in the media. He has led the NHL to three lockouts and...
The NHL Needs More Viewing Options
July 15th, 2018 We are introducing a new summer series called the NHL Needs More. Once a week or thereabouts, we are going to highlight different things that the NHL needs more of to help make today's game better and more exciting. Last time we told you why the NHL needs more John Tortorellas. Today we shift our focus towards our television...
