The NHL Wins

Congratulations Mr. Bettman

SC 5 – FLA 2 In an anticlimactic game five the Knights, Draft Kings, Fan Duel, (sports books in general) the Board of Governors (BOG), and sin city now have the Stanley Cup right where they want it, directly in the gambling center of North America…heavy sigh.

Mr. Bettman and the BOG endeavored to have the Stanley Cup awarded to a newly created franchise in its first season six years ago unlike cities granted a franchise before that were given cast-offs, unwanted, overpaid, underperforming, players without the guidance and care from the League’s commissioner. (But I digress)

I was able to enjoy the Stanley Cup playoffs even with the poor officiating and obvious bias as it was nice to watch players like Mr. Kessel (scratched) earn another ring, former players that skated for Buffalo Mr. Carrier, Mr. Reinhart, and Mr. Fitzgerald were often in the mix.

The Knights have outstanding players in net with three top-notch goalies to call on (one injured), Captain Stone, Misters Stephenson, Marchessault, Karlsson, Barbashev, and Alternate Captains Smith and Pietrangelo along with third and fourth-line contributions throughout the playoffs deservedly became the Stanley Cup Champions for 2023.

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Author: Buffalo Winter

Jesus, Family, Hockey, then everything else.

4 thoughts on “The NHL Wins”

  1. You are welcome to digress and I will keep reading. I digress (and ramble on) all the time in what I write. In all honesty, I will gladly celebrate the day when Gary Bettman announces his retirement.

    Congratulations to the SC Championship team. I didn’t mind seeing HC Cassidy get the win an despite any of his on-ice antics, it was heartwarming to hear after the game what Alex Pietrangelo said about his daughter’s health scare and how he was prepared to walk away from hockey for her sake and his family’s.

    Thanks again Buffalo Winter for all your excellent coverage this season! Go Leafs ’23-24.

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    1. Thank you P_g,

      I almost did not post this, thinking it was too negative.

      I did not know that about Mr. Pietrangelo’s daughter, gladdened to read she is better.

      There are some things Mr. Bettman has done that I disagree with, but mostly under his watch the NHL has grown not just in number of teams but economically as well, he is a shrewd business man that became the NHL’s first commissioner 30 seasons ago after serving the NBA as senior vice president (3rd in charge) for a decade.

      I will endeavor to keep posting historical articles and FHL information because preseason is just a couple months away!

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      1. I agree 100% that he is a shrewd business man.

        Buffalo Winter, Hockey Father’s Day today…. I mean Happy Father’s Day today. 🙂

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