John Ziegler was worse than Bettman. If you didn’t live in an NHL city...you had zero hockey on TV. Ziegler couldn’t even get a cable TV deal for hockey....the only network he got was SportsChannel...few cable companies had the channel
At least w Bettman you have major over-the-air networks carrying hockey...and a very good NHL network that gives US audiences Canadian network coverage
True, when Bettman allows them to play. As I pointed out, Bettman is the only commissioner in sports who shut down the league THREE times, including a full season. Fat lot of good the hockey network did. Might as well watch a test pattern.