Gary Bettman

THE ONLY QUESTION HOCKEY FANS SHOULD BE ASKING THEMSELVES RIGHT NOW IS THIS…
“HOW IN HELL DOES NHL COMMISSIONER GARY BETTMAN KEEP HIS JOB???”…
YESTERDAY BETTMAN WAS IN PHOENIX TRYING TO BUY OUT THE LEASE FOR THE COYOTES…
THE DEAL HAS ANOTHER 26 YEARS LEFT ON IT…
THIS IS THE SAME GARY BETTMAN WHO JUST 6 MONTHS AGO CONVINCED THE OWNERS TO SPEND $140 MILLION DOLLARS TO BUY THE TEAM…IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP IT OUT OF THE HANDS OF JIM BALSILLIE…
SINCE THEN THE COYOTES HAVE LOST $20 MILLION…
LAST WEEK THE GROUP TRYING TO BUY THE TEAM…”ICE EDGE HOLDINGS” DROPPED OUT…
THE REASONS WERE SIMPLE…
THEY HAD NO MONEY…
NOW…MAYBE THIS IS JUST ME….BUT….
IS THAT NOT SOMETHING BETTMAN SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BEFORE HE COMMITTED THE OWNERS TO A $160 MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT???
ADD ON ANOTHER $100 MILLION TO BUY OUT THE LEASE AND SETTLE WITH THE REST OF THE CREDITORS AND THE FINAL NUMBER IS NOW SOMEWHERE AROUND $260 MILLION…
AGAIN…MAYBE THIS IS JUST ME…
BUT IF I WAS AN NHL OWNER…I WOULD BE JUST A LITTLE PISSED…
THERE IS TALK THAT THE COYOTES COULD BE IN WINNIPEG FOR NEXT SEASON…
BUT WHAT FOOL WOULD SPEAD $260 MILLION FOR THE COYOTES…
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING JUST SOLD FOR LESS THAN $100 MILLION…
TOMORROW BETTMAN IS EXPECTED TO BE IN BOSTON…FOR THE RE-MATCH OF THE BRUINS AND PENGUINS…
IN THE LIGHT OF THE MATT COOKE HIT ON MARC SAVARD…THE LAST THING THE NHL NEEDS RIGHT NOW IS A REPEAT OF THE TODD BERTUZZI/STEVE MOORE PERFORMANCE FROM 2004…
THEN THERE’S THE ALEXANDER OVECHKIN SUSPENSION…
AND THE SLEW FOOT FROM STEVE DOWNIE ON SIDNEY CROSBY…
IN THE AFTER MATH OF THE SUCCESS OF THE OLYMPICS…ONLY TIGER WOODS COULD TAKE SOMETHING THIS GOOD AND SCREW IT UP…
THE DIFFERENCE IS…PEOPLE WILL STILL PAY TO WATCH TIGER…
HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY TO WATCH GARY BETTMAN???