NHL Commissioner
I Binged ‘Heated Rivalry’ In A Night time
… ‘It is a Great Story’
Revealed
The NHL’s high swimsuit, Gary Bettman, confessed he binge-watched all six episodes of “Heated Rivalry” in a single night time … and whereas he admits it will possibly get a bit steamy, he says it is had a optimistic impression on the league!!
Bettman — the league’s 73-year-old commissioner — says the NHL has been properly conscious of the hit HBO Max collection that is taken the world by storm, and you’ll add him to the record of followers.
“It was very properly carried out,” Bettman advised 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 likely to be just a little spicy. And so you need to stability 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 collection — 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 Sport in Tampa, and gave the present credit score for the way properly it was put collectively.
“I believed the storyline was very compelling and quite a lot of enjoyable, as a result of I may see the place they had been choosing at issues that we had previously,” 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 night time.
