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I like Gary Bettman. I was ready to like him before I had ever met him. He had gone to Cornell University; I went to Cornell. That was a good place to start. When I was president of the Toronto Maple Leafs, I dealt with him often, most directly in NHL governors' meetings. He would sit at the middle of a long table at the front of a room with the league governors, usually team owners, beside him. Team owners are rich. In their own communities, they are important. They are also used to seeing themselves as important, and like to see themselves that way. In their communities and in their companies, they are also used to having their own way, and do not give up their way easily. To suggest that directing them is akin to herding cats is to give cats a...
In any other context, it would be a story as uplifting and inspirational as the Phoenix Coyotes' unlikely run through the Stanley Cup playoffs has been so far. Tales of persistence and perseverance, of fighting uphill battles and... more »
All you needed for visual proof of the complete and total transformation of the Los Angeles Kings in the past 30 days was to watch the final two minutes of their Game 4 sweep of the St. Louis Blues on Sunday afternoon. A month... more »
Losing a couple of playoff games isn't all that mysterious. It happens. Even to teams on their way to a championship, it happens. The mystery is how the Flyers lost their personality in this second-round series against New... more »
The Washington Capitals aren’t as photogenic as they used to be. We may never, for instance, see Alexander Ovechkin score another goal while lying on his back. But what they’ve evolved into is much more pleasing to the... more »
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