Take a bow Gary Bettman, Eugene Melnyk and Jim Watson. You overcame certain practical and pecuniary challenges, finally figuring out the ultimate Canadian no-brainer: how to combine hockey and history — Canada’s 150th birthday, the Stanley Cup’s 125th, the Ottawa Senators’ 25th and, above all, the NHL’s 100th — to bring the glorious spectacle of an outdoor NHL game to the capital this December. It will happen under the lights at TD Place, beneath a banner declaring it the “2017 Scotiabank NHL 100 Classic.” Even the banks have joined forces to help pull this one off. And the fact that one might need to own a bank to afford a ticket doesn’t entirely undercut the achievement. Consider me...
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