In the first of what is likely to be a number of moves aiming to prove that hockey is still a major sport, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has taken a page from Roger Goodell’s book on how to run a sports league and suspended Sean Avery for making a somewhat off-color non-sports-related comment about Jack Bauer’s daughter.  Check here for the specifics.

Be on the lookout for the NHL to continue its copy-cat tactis by removing itself from the LA market and fining players for otherwise legal hits that it deems “too hard.”