GARY BETTMAN RUMORS & GOSSIP
Devils Rumor: Team gets first round pick back from the commissioner
The New Jersey Devils, during the period in which they were owned by Jeff Vanderbeek, were relieved of one of their first round picks, as punishment for attempting to circumnavigate the salary cap in a contract for Ilya Kovalchuk, and this week Gary Bettman, returned the pick to the club.This move appears to be quid pro quo being paid to new owners Joshua Harris and David Blitzer...
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What Gary Bettman Does Best
from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,
It is Gary’s World and the rest of us are just living in it. That’s the takeaway from the NHL’s announcement commissioner Gary Bettman had reconsidered the penalty he had imposed on the Devils regarding the Ilya Kovalchuk circumvention case, and would thus return a first-round draft pick to New Jersey.
This was a thank you from...
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Gary Bettman thinks it'd "be fun" for Vancouver to have a geographic rival
NHL expansion is coming whether hockey fans like it or not. It's been a matter of "when" and not "if" the NHL will bring more teams into the fold for the past several years. While we could debate whether or not the league should expand (how about getting your existing teams in order first?), there's definitely enough rumors out there for a healthy conversation...
Via Puck Drunk Love
6 days ago
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Gary Bettman On the Heritage Classic
VANCOUVER (March 2, 2014) – National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman today released the following statement regarding the 2014 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic between the Ottawa Senators and Vancouver Canucks at BC Place:
“We thank the Canucks and Senators for contributing to the terrific atmosphere at BC Place today and for providing such an entertaining conclusion...
Via Kukla's Korner
7 days ago
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League could postpone Hawks-Pens outdoor game due to weather
The NHL could postpone the outdoor game between the Chicago Blackhawks and Pittsburgh Penguins at Soldier Field on Saturday night if weather conditions make the event unsafe, commissioner Gary Bettman said Friday.
"It would have to make it unsafe, either too cold in terms of medical concerns or if it was such that the ice wasn't able to be kept appropriately so that it...
Via Pro Sports Daily
8 days ago
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NHL Rumor: Expansion announcement could come as early as July
When NHL commissioner Gary Bettman needed to get the league's owners to put up the money to keep the Coyotes alive, during the long bankruptcy process, he did so by telling them that he would get them $500 million in expansion fees, within a short period of time. It is looking like that time is getting close.There is an arena in Kansas City with no tenant, and by the way, that...
Via Sports Rumor Alert
14 days ago
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Will Sochi be the last Olympics to have NHL players?
Coming into the 2014 Winter Olympics, it was no secret that NHL owners and commissioner Gary Bettman had been strongly considering disallowing NHL players from participating in future Olympic Games. And if you weren’t convinced already that the NHL is seriously considering ending player participation in the Olympics, an interesting exchange between Bettman and International Ice...
Via Midwest Sports Fans
16 days ago
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NHL says it won't discuss 2018 Winter Olympics
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says the league's possible participation in the 2018 Olympics hasn't been and won't be discussed during the Sochi Games.
Bettman was joined at a news conference Tuesday by NHL Players' Association Executive Director Don Fehr and International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel.
The league and the union have allowed their players...
Via AP on Fox
20 days ago
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Gene Simmons of KISS puts Gary Bettman in a headlock
In a brilliant example of drastically disparate worlds colliding, Gary Bettman, the National Hockey League’s pencil-necked commissioner and Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, the only original and still-relevant founding members of KISS, descended upon Los Angeles recently and crossed paths. Where, possibly, could these three fellas from seemingly different universes wind up in the...
Via Sportress of Blogitude
January 30, 2014
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NHL commish pleased with historic game at Dodger Stadium
Is more outdoor hockey in Southern California a possibility?
Maybe, but NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, after saying he was thrilled with the Kings-Ducks production Saturday night at Dodger Stadium, wasn't quite ready to jump on board with another outdoor game in L.A. or Anaheim.
"The answer is, as good as we feel about things, we need more than five minutes to take a breath...
Via Fox Sports West
January 26, 2014
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