Gary Bettman said as much.
If they wish to, each NHL team — including ones that have only the lottery to look forward to — can have something to complain about when it comes to the league’s just-approved 24-team return-to-play strategy.
Even so, only two teams — Carolina and Tampa Bay — submitted votes against the system that will be officially enacted, hopefully, later this summer when the league decides that it is safe enough to stage competition amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Teams played ball, and they deserve credit for it. That said, there are degrees to which teams should feel aggrieved by the consequences of a paused season — considering its proper context, of course.