NHL Commissioner
I Binged ‘Heated Rivalry’ In A Night time
… ‘It is a Fantastic Story’
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The NHL’s prime swimsuit, Gary Bettman, confessed he binge-watched all six episodes of “Heated Rivalry” in a single night time … and whereas he admits it may possibly get a bit steamy, he says it is had a constructive influence on the league!!
Bettman — the league’s 73-year-old commissioner — says the NHL has been nicely conscious of the hit HBO Max collection that is taken the world by storm, and you may add him to the listing of followers.
“It was very nicely accomplished,” 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 individuals, is perhaps somewhat spicy. And so it’s important to stability that out when it comes to the way you embrace it.”
Yep, essentially the most buttoned-up man in hockey couldn’t cease watching the horny 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 Recreation in Tampa, and gave the present credit score for the way nicely it was put collectively.
“I assumed the storyline was very compelling and a variety of enjoyable, as a result of I might 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 best way locked in.
However earlier than anybody crowns “Heated Rivalry” as official NHL-approved programming, Bettman made it clear the league has to tread fastidiously.
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.
