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State of hockey isn't Bettman's fault

By John Buccigross
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, May 10, 2005

After surfing the Web and reading hockey coverage in the United States and Canada, I find it rather obvious some columnists are pro-player/anti-owner, others are pro-NHL and perhaps, more bluntly, anti-player, and others understand this is a negotiation between two wealthy bodies that can't agree on how to split the billions and there is no need to get emotional over such an uninspiring thing. I don't have an agenda and feel no allegiance with either side. I report and write based on conversati ...

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