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NHL fans deserve end of Bettman era immediately

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In this image from video, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman talks to the media as Donald Fehr, executive director of the NHL Players' Association, stands next to him. A deal to end the 113-day NHL lockout was reached early Sunday morning following a 16-hour negotiating session.

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There will be many suggestions, most of them useless, about how the NHL can win back fans and apologize for another lockout. But there is only one thing owners can do to prove they understand fans' anger.