"The Price of Greatness": Gary Bettman talks Crosby hate

Let me start by saying that I am not a believer in conspiracy theories, and that I'm usually the first to speak up in defense of Gary Bettman and the NHL whenever somebody starts the "Sidney Crosby and the Penguins are the league's pet project" or the "Gary Bettman's favorite son" talk. As much as it pains me to even write the words "in defense of" immediately preceding the words "Gary Bettman," it's tough for me to get on board with the idea that a major business entity (like the NHL) might give preferential treatment to an individual player or team. Big corporations can't possibly be corrupt, you know what I mean? (Also, I don't watch the news and I might possibly live under a rock). But then Bettman went ahead and issued these comments on Monday, and today they ran in an article on NHL.com (which mysteriously vanished from the site's main headlines sidebar already in what must be, like, a total coincidence): &qu...