Fans caught off guard following NHL's week one scheduling plan: Gary Bettman facing heat

The new season just got underway four days ago, on Tuesday night, and fans are excited about the fact they finally have some great hockey to watch once again, following a long offseason.

On Thursday night, a whopping total of 14 games were being played across the league, and all were incredibly fun to watch.

However, fans woke up Friday morning, ready to watch more, but they found out quickly that the National Hockey League was back with a very confusing and frustrating schedule.

As there will be no games Friday night after 28 teams were in action just last night, and all 32 clubs will be playing again on Saturday.

And it does not end there.

Sunday, October 11, there is only one game on the program.

Fans have already begun expressing their frustrations regarding this year's schedule, unable to understand as to why the NHL would make such terrible scheduling decisions, especially just four days into the season.

Many more fans have spoken their mind regarding this confusing scheduling.

Even well-known NHL insiders such as Pierre LeBrun touched base on the bizarre scheduling.

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