WTF is wrong with Gary Bettman anyway?

So, Gary Bettman has announced that the teams for the 2011 Winter Classic will be...the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals.

Whaaaaaaaaaat??

Last time I counted, there were 30 teams in the NHL. Why is Bettman choosing two teams who have already played? Its only the 4th Winter Classic. We have already seen the Penguins and the Capitals play outside. And its going to be held in Pittsburgh. Really.

Do we need any more evidence that Gary Bettman has a bias towards the Penguins? Or, more specifically, to Sidney (Cindy) Crosby? Unless you had your head in a TV and radio-less hole last season, the commissioner's love for the Penguins is fairly obvious. Barely second to that is his foisting of Alex Ovechkin on American fans. If you watched NBC at all for hockey last season, what did you see? A shitload of Ovechkin and Crosby, and pretty much nothing from West of the Mississippi River, because we all know that there are no hockey fans there, right?

Come on Gary, get a grip. Every fan saw what you did last year to avoid another Red Wings/Penguins Final (or at least a Red Wings Final), and you certainly clammed up when the Penguins got eliminated. What? You missed that too? Well far be it from me to believe in a conspiracy. There are several other people who have that covered, like these people. Of course, the only thing that could possibly have diverted attention from the dismal officiating of the Cup Finals is the "almost as bad" officiating of the World Cup. But, since nobody actually watched the World Cup, it went unnoticed.

There is also evidence that 99% of hockey fans across North America are of the opinion that Gary Bettman couldn't properly set up a game of checkers, let alone run the NHL. He preaches about parity, then promotes a grand total of TWO players to the entire fan base. Any takers on when he is going to declare a "league realignment" and somehow wrangle Pittsburgh into the Western Conference, JUST so that he has a shot at fabricating a Penguins/Capitals Final?

Whatever...the NHL needs to get a person that actually has some interest in the game.