MAJOR | Gary Bettman makes a huge announcement: Exciting news for the fans
Today marked another Winter Classic that featured one of the Canucks' divisional rivals, the Kraken. To celebrate the beginning of the new year, the NHL's commissioner, Gary Bettman, was in attendance and dropped massively regarding one of the NHL's biggest problems.
BEST-ON-BEST INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY SOON TO BE PLAYED?
The players and the fans have been asking for another opportunity to witness best-on-best hockey, whether it was a World Cup or the Olympics. Today, Bettman dropped massive news when he stated that a huge announcement in that regard would be coming soon:
''We'll get to announcing something relatively soon about best-on-best international" -Gary Bettman
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The last time the fans were treated to such a respectable goes back to 2016 when the NHL featured the World Cup before the season. The previous time NHLers featured at the Olympics goes back to 2014 when the Canadians triumphed in Sochi.
Will NHLers be in attendance for the 2026 event in Milan? Will there be a World Cup before these? We'll keep you posted.
POLL |
Do you like to watch best-on-best international hockey? |
Yes | 377 | 72.6 % |
No | 77 | 14.8 % |
I'd rather have an annual All-Star Game | 65 | 12.5 % |
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