#gary bettman

[thornescratch]

I mean, bold of them to assume Ovechkin doesn't have a five goal game in him. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY:

A Semin, Gretzky, and Bettman trio has the potential for the weirdest goddamn buddy roadtrip movie ever.

[perfectlysaltycat32]

y'know it's so fucking stupid and annoying that the NHL is trying to shut down hockey YouTubers

like these people help grow and maintain your audience!!! plus they're content is unique and entertaining, going out of your way to start taking down videos is just so annoying

if they keep at this I will literally have no choice but be restricted to my pwhl girls

[ohyoufool]

jack zimmermann WHERE ARE YOU

[tapedsleeves]

nhl x my lady jane crossover event

[offsidenewsco]

"Growing up in my household, fighting was as core of a component to the sport of hockey as goaltending. I was raised on tales of the aforementioned Wendel Clark, the Broadstreet Bullies, and the formidable Bob Probert."

Liz Malcolm reflects on her relationship with fighting in hockey and the harm it causes in this op-ed: https://offsidenewsco.com/news/nhl-fighting-and-me-1

[stereax]

[hockeymarriage]

Players are skeptical that the league is all that concerned with the players’ health. Especially as talk of bumping the season up to 84 games (with fewer preseason games) persists.

"Sounds like Gary (Bettman) wants to expand even more,” one player said. “We have to add more games. Is it too long? Is it very long? Yeah. Especially for the grind of hard skating is, how much toll it takes, the physicality. You look at basketball: They do significant load management for their big guys. They jog around half the game, fire up a couple threes and they're taking load management. Which is wild. And we're grinding through 82. The mentality, shot-blocking — it's not even the same stratosphere."

I'm skeptical too, bud.

"We've had the least turmoil of most leagues,” said one player, who must not have been paying attention in 1994, 2004 or 2012. “I’m fine with [Bettman].

lol

"The culture of the league needs to change,” one said. “The league needs to make hockey more accessible to lots of people. Stephen A. Smith doesn't get fired up about hockey, and he should be."

from the NHL player poll

[hockeyforlife]

NHL: cultural herritage = NO!

Also NHL: 97 years of cultural appropriation = YES!

Meanwhile

[oldshowbiz]

Gary Bettman's Spies

[annieqattheperipheral]

2 teams idc about traded picks no one cares abt

Also the trade horn interrupted bettman. The horn was like "i gotta do my job man. You can tell em the trade details after i do this so 🚨EEEEENNNGGGHHHHHHH🚨" and gary had to shut up and wait so that was great

[gritty-big-naturals]

can we kill gary bettman yet? ?? like ?????? i’m so fucking sick of this shit

what the fuck happened to hockey is for everyone huh

[justinssportscorner]

Ryan Adamczewski at The Advocate:

The National Hockey League banned players from wearing themed jerseys during warm-ups, but they didn't say anything about wearing them before warm-ups. That's the loophole that the New Jersey Devils are exploiting as the organization marks its LGBTQ+ Pride night on Thursday. The team announced ahead of their game against the Edmonton Oilers that the specially-designed jerseys would be "worn during player arrivals," in an apparent bypass of the league's new policies. NHL teams added LGBTQ+ Pride to their seasonal theme nights in recent years, which also include events such as Black History, military appreciation, and Hockey Fights Cancer. On these nights, players would wear jerseys corresponding with the theme while they warmed up, which would later be auctioned off with the proceeds going to related charities. Just seven players refused to wear pride jerseys last year, citing their own personal beliefs. Some teams responded to the PR backlash by taking the choice away from players and removing Pride jerseys entirely. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and the league's Board of Governors decided to nix themed jerseys entirely at the end of the 2022-2023 season, with Bettman calling them a "distraction." NHL players are now forbidden from wearing themed gear during warm-ups, with players who break the rules getting threatened with fines. No player so far has actually been penalized for disobeying the policy, including Travis Dermott, who donned rainbow Pride tape before the league reversed its ban on that specific item.

Good move by the Devils.

[waynejetski99]

lets see how long i can post sexy furry pinups of hockey players before gary bettman kills me in my sleep

[fake-elliotte-friedman]

[offsidenewsco]

“In many ways, being the first overall pick is much like being chosen by a Satanic cult to give birth to the son of Satan.”

Get into the Halloween spirit with us and pair some NHL players and teams with some of her favourite horror movies 👻

Read more here: https://buff.ly/3YsHcg7

[stereax]