TAMPA, FLORIDA - JULY 07: NHL Commisioner Gary Bettman stands next to the Conn Smythe Trophy after the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 in Game Five to win the 2021 NHL Stanley Cup Final at Amalie Arena on July 07, 2021 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The Colorado Avalanche, like the rest of the league, are in the NHL offseason. Multiple scandals hover over the NHL, including the Chicago Blackhawks’ sexual abuse allegations. And the NHL is hoping you’re dumb enough to forget, and it will go away. It won’t.
On Monday night’s Hockey Night in Canada broadcast, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman proudly sat with Ron MacLean, as he has the last few Stanley Cup Finals.