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NHL Commissioner
I Binged ‘Heated Rivalry’ In A Evening
… ‘It is a Great Story’
Revealed
The NHL’s prime go well with, Gary Bettman, confessed he binge-watched all six episodes of “Heated Rivalry” in a single evening … and whereas he admits it will possibly get a bit steamy, he says it is had a optimistic affect on the league!!
Bettman — the league’s 73-year-old commissioner — says the NHL has been effectively conscious of the hit HBO Max sequence that is taken the world by storm, and you’ll add him to the listing of followers.
“It was very effectively performed,” Bettman informed reporters in a scrum earlier than Thursday’s sport between the San Jose Sharks and Washington Capitals. “The content material, notably for younger folks, is perhaps somewhat spicy. And so you need to steadiness that out when it comes to the way you embrace it.”
Yep, probably the most buttoned-up man in hockey couldn’t cease watching the attractive sequence — particularly as a result of it low-key replicated actual NHL moments followers acknowledge immediately.
Bettman mentioned he caught nods to league historical past, from Sochi journeys to the All-Star Recreation in Tampa, and gave the present credit score for a way effectively it was put collectively.
“I assumed the storyline was very compelling and a number of enjoyable, as a result of I might see the place they have been selecting at issues that we had prior to now,” Bettman added.
This wasn’t only a curiosity watch — he clearly was all the way in which locked in.
However earlier than anybody crowns “Heated Rivalry” as official NHL-approved programming, Bettman made it clear the league has to tread rigorously.
Nonetheless, hockey followers are cracking up over the visible: Gary Bettman, distant in hand, crushing episodes of the rivals-to-lovers hockey drama deep into the evening.