By : Marty Henwood 173 days 16 hours 28 minutes ago.
Drug use in NHL not an issue, says NHL Commissioner
Needles and pricks, skates and sticks? Not quite.
As he sat in front of a posse of steely-eyed U.S. congressmen at a hearing into drug use in professional sports Wednesday in Washington, Commissioner Gary Bettman didn't seem at all like a fish out of water.
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By : Marty Henwood 202 days 17 hours 15 minutes ago.
Well it didn't take Gary Bettman long to ruffle the feathers of NHLPA union guru Paul Kelly.
Just when it seemed the two players on opposite sides of any future labor tug-of-war were thought to be on fraternal terms - a rarity, if recent relationships are any indication - there comes word that Kelly is less than impressed with Bettman's perceived grandstanding at the NHL All-Star Game this past weekend.
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By : Marty Henwood 207 days 18 hours 33 minutes ago.
Atlanta, Ga. - A fictional meeting, sometime late this week. A clearly agitated Gary Bettman calls an impromptu Board of Governors meeting in the boardroom of some swank Atlanta hotel.
Bettman: Greetings, everyone, I called this emergency meeting to address a very critical issue that really has my fur up..."
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By : Marty Henwood 257 days 17 hours 57 minutes ago.
Imagine, if you will, the heartfelt Christmas card from the NHL head office that should arrive in the Montreal Canadiens' corporate mailbox in the next week or so.
We Wish You A Bleary Christmas and a Crappy New Year. Love, Gary.
For whatever reason, the league has put the boots to team owner George Gillett's idea to fly players' families down to Florida for the Canadiens' two-game, post-Christmas swing through the Sunshine State.
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By : Marty Henwood 288 days 16 hours 37 minutes ago.
If you need further proof that Gary Bettman's relentless Americanization of the game is being met with a shrug of the shoulders south of the 49th, pull up a chair, my friends.
Some guy with too much time on his hands did a little research and found the NHL was one of the least-commonly searched sporting leagues on the Internet.
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