Umm... not sure if you were around back then, but a lot of blame was placed by Devils fans on Bettman because it seemed he WANTED us to move to Nashville. At the very least, he wasn't against it.The hate against Bettman stems from the whole CBA "Spirit of the Rule" garbage that ended up punishing the Devils while letting teams like Chicago continue to get away with cap circumvention to this very day.
If we didn't win the cup in 95, it's almost a sure bet the franchise wouldn't be here now.