Tara Slone explains her editorializing of Bettman's press conference from a perspective a lot of us have right now. The first part of Bettman's response to LeBrun's question simply didn't need to be said. At all. It doesn't need to be defended because it's understandable, it needs to be admonished as more of the same old crap we get from this league when controversy arises.
It runs down the dickish hierarchy ladder of deny, deflect, and then dismiss.
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