Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
Hildeby wasn't stopping much anywayFantilli with the hattrick on an EN goal at 12:02 of 3rd, ambitious goalie pull!
Around The League - 2024-25 Regular Season
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WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
I will get banned again soon, worry not.
They tried to lay down for us but Monty wouldn't let them.
He isn’t good but their top 4D is a problem
44 is having a bad year and they are all on the wrong side of 30
Alan C
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Slow start but he is coming on lately.Fantilli with the hattrick on an EN goal at 12:02 of 3rd, ambitious goalie pull!
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
I will get banned again soon, worry not.
His successor will probably be an even bigger asshole.
GGpX
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I can only pray that he retires as soon as humanly possible and that his eventual replacement isn't just a carbon copy with a different haircut.
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
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It'll be a carbon copy with an even worse haircut and who sucks Jeeemy Jacobs' dick even harder than Bettman does.
Bettman’s legacy will be very mixed. Sure, he spread hockey to “non-traditional” markets and kids are playing the game there but non-fans in the U.S., and also many hockey fans, have no idea who any hockey players, including McDavid and McKinnon, the two biggest stars of the sport, are. That’s inexcusable in 2025. Social media should make that make that easy. Next Commish should be a sports marketing guy.
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GGpX
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A significant part of Bettman's legacy is the This Is Fine meme:
Bettman inherited a sport that was third in popularity in the States and that has seen itself fall to fourth, possibly even fifth now with the uptick of soccer, in popularity.
He's a commissioner that allowed the dead puck era to happen and was content to see the game deteriorate with it.
He's a commissioner that allowed hockey to be broadcast on the Outdoor Life Network when they returned from the 2005 lockout.
Jesus Christ there's so much I could write, but good riddance whenever he leaves.
Bettman inherited a sport that was third in popularity in the States and that has seen itself fall to fourth, possibly even fifth now with the uptick of soccer, in popularity.
He's a commissioner that allowed the dead puck era to happen and was content to see the game deteriorate with it.
He's a commissioner that allowed hockey to be broadcast on the Outdoor Life Network when they returned from the 2005 lockout.
Jesus Christ there's so much I could write, but good riddance whenever he leaves.
lecoqsportif
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Hockey was third? 4th and a distant 4th. (And in term of eyeballs/time we’re being generous by combining pro and NCAA football and basketball.)
Now 5th.
Now 5th.
It is what it is , hockey will always take a back seat to other sports
Maybe but there’s no excuse in 2025 for the total anonymity of the league’s star players.
Agreed on that point
Sal_Butera
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Hockey is HUGE in regional pockets - Northeast & Minny, but there’s a caveat… college & even high school hockey have as or stronger following (collectively) in those regions as Wild or Bruins
lecoqsportif
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Yeah, no matter it’s place in the pecking order, they could do much better.
Bettman's successor should be someone with a sports marketing background. It should NOT be Bill Daily.
Regional pockets always existed but MLB/NBA /NFL will rule the eye balls and TV dollars
The game has grown and revenues and tv dollars have gone up
Is the NHL behind Nascar/MLS/College revenues and or viewership
Lieweke