Gary Bettman’s Salary

Holy crap I had no idea that Gary Bettman was in fact the Million Dollar Man, Ted DiBiase in disguise!

Seriously though, is anyone else as surprised as me to hear that Bettman is pulling in $7 million a year?! I just about fell of the couch when I heard that one.

The million dollar man, I mean Bettman, was making $3.77 million pre-lockout, and is now making serious gravy post-lockout. So let me get this straight, the players are capped as to how much they can make after the lockout, but the head of the league gets his salary almost doubled? That’s a little odd don’t you think? Oh well, I guess when you sleep in your NHL jammies and jump around on your bed claiming to be the champion (of a belt you made yourself, and didn’t win), I guess you have to be a rich bastard.

There are all kinds of theories flying around on various websites as to why Bettman is making so much, but I’ll skip all of those and let the whole Internet know who created the Hey There Iginla video that we were treated to before the playoffs started. None other than Greg Wyshynski over at Puck Daddy!

This isn’t a justification for Gary Bettman making more money than Jarome Iginla, of course. It should be written into the CBA that no NHL suit can make more than Iggy.

I thought I knew a guy here that loved Iggy more than his wife, but I may have to give the belt to Wyshynski for that comment!