How is NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman viewed around the league?
Most of the players I’ve talked to over the last few years like the job he’s done for both them and the league. The league’s articles give the players the chance to veto his contract, and they’ve overwhelmingly endorsed him each time it’s come up. Take the Phoenix situation for example, I’ve talked to several players over the last year and I’ve yet to meet one who thinks the team should be in Winnipeg or Hamilton, and that includes players who are from the Hamilton area or played in Winnipeg (Numminen/Khabibulin). The NHL is a collective non-profit organization owned equally by the 30 teams, and has three layers. 1) There is the league and it’s management team. John Collins is the NHL’s CEO and COO and is responsible for the day to day operations of the NHL neutral of either the players or owners Colin Campbell, Brendan Shanahan, Michael Murphy, Kristopher King, Kenneth Yaffe, and Benito Ercolani are the League’s VPs and report to John Collins 2) There are the players and their unions
