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...How about his stupid questioning the future of Calgary, as a city, if we didn't dole out cash for a new arena?
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This is a part of his job description. His job is to secure the owners' interests, and some of this will require him to take optically poor public positions. I can tolerate these sorts of drawbacks in large part because of his impressive track record as a league commissioner. There is a good reason why he continues to get his contract renewed with big salary increases.
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I'm not sure why I'm just supposed to look past him being a weasel because the salary cap helped canadian teams.
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I suspect that most people have a problem with Gary Bettman because he is short, dumpy, has a big nose, and talks like an arrogant New York lawyer with a thick, Brooklyn accent. In truth there was no bigger champion of Canadian NHL franchises than Gary Bettman during the late nineties and early 2000s, at a time when the future of NHL hockey in much of Canada was most vulnerable.