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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
Bettman's performance is wildly over-rated. Compare his performance to the other big 4 sports and you could maybe argue MLB as somewhat comparable to the NHL in performance but the NBA and NFL franchise values and league exposure have grown exponentially bigger compared to the NHL. NHL has been a non-entity in US nation wide coverage for a decade until this year.
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It wasn't a matter of growing, it was a matter of surviving.
The Canadian Assistance Plan, Revenue Sharing, Salary Cap, most small-market teams, including Calgary, would likely be gone by now if it wasn't for Bettman on these issues