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NHL reportedly preparing for commissioner Gary Bettman to retire in ‘couple years’

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Ottawa, Canada - November 19: The NHL Commissioner, Gary Bettman, speaks during a media availability before a match between the Senators of Ottawa and the Edmonton Oilers in the Canadian Tire Center on November 19, 2024 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Chris Tanouye/Freestyle Photography/Getty Images)

The NHL has begun to prepare for the retirement of Gary Bettman as commissioner. He has held that position since 1993.

The NHL commissioner, Gary Bettman, is preparing to retire in “a couple of years”, according to the owner of a team, and the league is in the process of finding a successor.

The owner of Minnesota Wild, Craig Leipold, revealed the development during an interview in a podcast when asked about the current NHL state, although Bettman has not made any formal announcement of his plans.

“The fact that Gary is going to retire, you know, it’s a worrying factor,” said Leipoid in “The sick podcast“With Pierre McGuare and Jimmy Murphy.” Many of us know how well Gary has been as commissioned in this league and what he has done for all teams and players. It will be a sad day when he is not part of this.

“But you know, there are a couple of years left for that and we are doing the planning now. We have to make sure to do it well when he leaves. At this time, that is the only thing that is on the horizon.”

Bettman, 72, has been a NHL commissioner since February 1993. His mandate has been the longest in the history of the League, surpassing Clarence Campbell, who was commissioned for 31 years, between 1946 and 1977.

Previously, Bettman spent 12 years in the NBA main office and eventually ascended until he became a general advisor and senior vice president of the League. During its mandate, the NBA implemented the salary stop system that is still in force now.

He has not decided the exact schedule of his retirement, but raised the eventuality to the NHL Executive Committee (of which Leipold is a member) during a meeting of the Board of Governors of the League in Florida. Athletic reported.

“I raised the spectrum that at some point this is something that the League will have to deal with because when you deal with an executive director who has been doing this for so long as I am, it is a more complicated process,” Bettman said. , via Atlético. “But the only discussion that there was that after more than three decades in this work, at some point the league will have to deal with the reality that I cannot do this forever.”

During its 32 years as NHL commissioner, the League expanded from 24 teams to 32 and transferred it to regions of warm climate from the south and west of the United States, including Dallas, Nashville and Las Vegas.

“The good news is that I have energy and passion. I love what I do and, in fact, I enjoy doing what I probably do more than I would never enjoy retirement.”

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