It is now official with the elimination of the Maple Leafs and Oilers in the second round, the Stanley Cup has not been won by a Canadian team for 30 years, the last time the Canadiens won the Cup was in 1993. What is quite special and raises a lot of suspicion is that 1993 is the year Gary Bettman took office as NHL commissioner. Those 30 years of service also have a very different and much more prestigious meaning. Bettman becomes the longest serving commissioner in the history of the sport in general. <blockquote class=twitter-tweet><p lang=en dir=ltr>Gary Bettman is the longest-serving commissioner in sports history, serving 30 years with the <a href=https://twitter.com/NHL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>@NHL</a>🥂<br><br>In this week's <a href=https://twitter.com/hashtag/SBJ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>#SBJ</a>, <a href=https://twitter.com/Bill_KingSBJ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>@Bill_KingSBJ</a> profiles this year's Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, Gary Bettman: <a href=https://t.co/5g7ahySwlx>https://t.co/5g7ahySwlx</a> <a href=https://t.co/JSZH55YTuS>pic.twitter.com/JSZH55YTuS</a>- Sports Business Journal (@SBJ) <a href=https://twitter.com/SBJ/status/1658457384711340035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>May 16, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js charset=utf-8> In short, he may get booed wherever he goes, but we can say that he must certainly be doing some good things to have lasted this long in the position.