Gary Bettman's contract extended to 2017?

Rare is it that I give Bettman kudos, but his response was pretty cool. Air Canada is ridiculous. Do they honestly think that they will realize some sort of consumer backlash over that hit? As if everyone who saw the hit thought "That hit was dirty! I'll never fly Air Canada OR Air Chara ever again!" Hockey is inherently Canadian, Air Canada is Canadian. It's like AB (who is nolonger American, I know) threatening to pull advertising out of football because of questionable or dirty play. It's just ignorant.