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Gary Bettman pulls plug on Winter Classic in Miami idea

Calgary Flames v Florida Panthers

SUNRISE, FL - DECEMBER 16: With the ice littered by plastic rats the Florida Panthers mascot skates with the club banner after the game against the Calgary Flames on December 16, 2011 at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida. The Panthers defeated the Flames 3-2 in a shoot out. (Photo by Joel Auerbach/Getty Images)

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NHL commissioner Gary Bettman took in tonight’s Florida Panthers-Pittsburgh Penguins game and the biggest takeaway is a bummer for big dreamers hoping to see an improbable Winter Classic in the not-so-frosty state of Florida.

Here’s Miami Herald beat writer George Richards’ take via Twitter:

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The Florida Sun-Sentinel’s Harvey Filakov provides more of an explanation, even if it’s a bit confusing:

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Well, OK then. Still, some of us will continue to dream of an outdoor hockey game with palm trees and journalists wondering around in bad Hawaiian T-shirts.

(It’s good to dream every now and then.)