Bettman Botches Superstar Name In Facepalm Press Conference

Gary Bettman stepped to the mic and immediately gave the room a moment nobody was expecting. The commissioner managed to mis-name one of the league’s biggest stars, and in this business, that kind of slip travels fast. It is the sort of blunder that gets replayed, laughed at, and filed away in the long list of awkward Bettman moments. The bigger issue is not the gaffe itself, but the fact that everybody in the building noticed it instantly.