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Originally Posted by GioforPM
This is such a false narrative. Bettman bent over backwards in the 90s to keep Canadian teams and prop them up. Did he push US expansion? Sure. Did he work against Canadian teams? Nope.
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He didn't even push for US expansion. The BOG - including Harley Hotchkiss and the Flames - pushed for it, began the process and hired Bettman to complete it.
The entire "expand into the US to get a national TV deal" plan predates Bettman by three years. It's also long since wrapped up. People need to stop applying 1993 thinking to 2017.