I have mixed feelings on Bettman. On the one hand he’s pushed hard for geographic expansion—I assume that’s why he’s being recognized as a builder—but on the other hand he’s failed massively wrt a lot of other things from health concerns to the so-called “hockey is for everyone”. Crediting him for bringing the NHL to places that don’t get pond ice needs to come with the caveat that he has only really cared about bringing it to straight white men in those places, and the further caveat that he is STILL putting his league’s players at risk w/ CTE denialism.