313...Gary Bettman Doesn't Need Viagra

Coz the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs provided him with enough to keep him going for a long, long, long time.

Not just the fact that it was a superb seven game series between Pitts and Detroit, no, it was the fact that last Friday's game seven drew 3.529 million viewers on average during the entire game on CBC and around 8 million on NBC.

That was the biggest audience since 1973; were you alive in '73?

The fact that the NHL is equal to its numbers from 36 years ago should make Commissioner Bettman very happy.

The fact that the NHL is equal to its numbers from 36 years ago should make Commissioner Bettman very concerned.

It is a sword that cuts both ways.

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