To many longtime hockey fans, Commissioner Gary Bettman seems more interested in destroying the game they love than protecting it.

In his 20-year tenure, the NHL has witnessed three work stoppages; an expansion into the Deep South to the neglect of northern markets; and a television contract with a network that tried to promote the sport with ridiculous, gimmicky, video game-style graphics (see: Fox’s glow puck).



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