Tuesday, November 13, 2007 | 02:39 PM ET
In the wake of arguably the best foursome ever being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, the NHL continues to take heat for scheduling five games on induction night.
That there were five games might not have mattered so much had they not involved New Jersey, Pittsburgh and Carolina, three franchises for whom Scott Stevens and Ron Francis were associated, and the Phoenix Coyotes, who are coached by Wayne Gretzky, who has something of an attachment to Mark Messier. Had those teams had the night off, along with St. Louis and Calgary for Al MacInnis, it wouldn't have created quite the fuss.
Now, there are some who would argue that with the exception of Gretzky, others from those organizations who were close to the players still managed to attend the event and skip their own games, so what is the big deal? Lou Lamoriello, Jimmy Rutherford and countless others were there.
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