Gary Bettman is a damn nitwit

Picking on Gary Bettman is like picking the short fat kid in elementary.

Its easy. Everybody does it and there's plenty of material to use.

In this instance, its his absolute retardedness in scheduling the season opener of the Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks.

Don't get me wrong, as Red Wings fan, I despise the Blackhawks immensely.

But the defending Stanley Cup Champions who have great young stars such as Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews deserve more respect.

Does Gary Bettman know the NBA Exists?

It sounds like a dumb question to ask, considering he was David Stern's right hand man before he was sent to destroy the NBA's main competition in a long con bigger than anything that James Ford had ever put on.  But when Bettman schedules Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals to go head-to-head against Game 2 of the NBA Finals, you have to wonder what he's thinking.

Crosby/Ovechkin in Winter Classic IV, Bettman not totally incompetent?

Gary Bettman didn't get his wish of Crosby vs. Ovechkin in the Stanley Cup playoffs thanks to those pesky Montreal Canadiens, he will showcase them on what is fastly becoming the league's biggest showcase, the NHL Winter Classic.

The 4th edition of the NHL's answer to largely meaningless college football games on New Year's Day will feature the closest thing the NHL has to superduperstars, as Sidney Crosby and his Pittsburgh Penguins host Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals, from Heinz Field.