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The evil that men do
Sporting News, The, Feb 4, 2005
Look, down in the gutter! It's a turd, it's a drain, it's the fallen fortunes of the NHL! Surely someone is to blame for the lockout mess that has left fans powerless and seeking justice. Who is the baddest bad guy in all this? Time to pick the greater of two evils.
Gary Bettman Evil doer Bob Goodenow
NHL commissioner Daytime persona NHLPA executive
director
The Cap Crusader Alter ego The Man of Steal
The Green Goblin Looks like ... Little Orphan Annie
Able to leap faith in a Super power Can silence players no
single bound--that fans matter where they are,
will forgive and forget making him more
when the league powerful than any
returns. local motive.
Luxury tax Weakness Salary cap
Bill Daly, NHL chief Henchman Ted Saskin, NHLPA
legal officer senior director
47th floor of an ivory Lair 24th floor of a
tower in Gotham building on Bay
Street, Toronto's
version of Wall Street
To design a fail-safe Mission To empower his gang of
mechanism that protects merry men to rake in
owners against their as much cabbage as is
mortal enemies--their humanly possible.
big-spending selves.
"The very future of our Evil words "It's not the players
game is at stake." who are triggering
these problems."
Villainous verdict
Ultimately, who cares? They're both bad guys for endangering
their progeny, the sickly kid on the pro sports block known
as the NHL. It's a lethal pairing, hockey's new Legion
of Doom.--Paul Grant
ILLUSTRATIONS BY BILL WILSON / TSN; PHOTOS: AP
COPYRIGHT 2005 Sporting News Publishing Co.
COPYRIGHT 2008 Gale, Cengage Learning
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