Edmonton’s Oilers lose match 6 5-1 against Florida’s panthers and lose in the Stanley Cup final for the second consecutive year. The drought of the 35 -year -old Oilers Cup will have to wait, as well as the cup drought for all Canadian teams. The last Canadian team to win the Stanley Cup was Montreal Canadiens during the 1992-1993 season.
Gary Bettman became the NHL commissioner in February 1993. Now, with social media and the Internet, there are conspiracy theories like most other subjects. The theory that LNH is rigged is ridiculous.
Of course, the League wants to generate income; After all, it’s a business. The salary ceiling depends on the amount of money that the NHL has earned the previous year. How long is a eliminatory series and serial matches for the television ratings, count for the amount of money that the league lasts. However, the argument that the league has contributed to who wins is scandalous.
Professional sports are companies
The NHL is not the NBA, you do not see Bettman trying to associate the big players on the market with small market teams like David Stern and the NBA before. Everyone knows that professional sports is a business. The NBA also faced allegations of fake after Tim Donaghy was surprised to bet on games he offered. The NHL is now faced with similar allegations due to the coincidence that last year a Canadian team won was the same year that Bettman became a commissioner.
If the league was faked for money, people would notice it. People would probably not watch NHL, and a Canadian team would have won a Stanley Cup in the past 32 years because the popularity of NHL is generally higher in Canada.
The NHL has experienced unprecedented growth in the world this season, mainly due to the popularity of the 4 nations confrontation. Many people across North America considered the league match as a simple hockey match. Drawing 16.1 m viewers on television across North America, with more viewers in the United States than in Canada, according to NHL.com.
Many people think that the Draft Lottery in the NHL is rigged. Whether Connor Bedard who goes to the Chicago Blackhawks, or the New York Rangers who won the lottery in 2020, because the guy who put the ping-pong bullets dropped the one with the Rangers logo. I am firmly convinced that the lottery is not faked.
If that was the case, people would have known and understood now. Take this year for example. Matthew Schaefer, a defender of the Otters Erie in the Ontario League will probably be the first global choice. He is incredibly qualified, with a crazy Hockey IQ, he will earn more money by playing hockey than most of us cannot imagine.
Do you really think that the NHL willingly send it to New York Islanders? A team that has not won a Stanley Cup since the mid -1980s and is less popular than the other New York team. As I said, the NHL is not the NBA.
Hockey is a thumbs up. Thinking that the result is “rigged” is crazy. Think about it, if the oilers win match 2 in overtime, they are increasing 2-0 and the whole series changes. If he was rigged, a Canadian team would probably have won a cup now, simply because a city like Toronto or Edmonton is the largest market.
The only thing Bettman controls is the way the league is marketed. I would now say that he does phenomenal work. He also did so without persuading the result of games as David Stern did during his time with the NBA.
How to officer affects the game
Like any other sport, sponsoring can of course have an effect on how a game or a series ends. However, the league does not have control of what the players do on the ice. Neither the referees nor Gary Bettman play games and therefore have no control over what is happening.
Many fans of the oilers can disagree with me right now, but don’t be discouraged. You have Connor McDavid. He is the best hockey player that we have ever seen, perhaps not by statistics or distinctions, but by talent. In my opinion, it is too good not to win a Stanley Cup. It will happen. However, if the league was rigged, would it not have already won one, since it is the face of the league?
Canada has seven of the 32 franchises in the NHL. Unfortunately for 31 franchises, only one team can win each year. Some people say that the Stanley Cup is the most difficult trophy to win in all sports. Fans of Canadian teams will have to wait a little longer, and unfortunately Gary Bettman cannot take his fingers to give a cup in Canada.
It doesn’t work this way!
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