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" I think that when somebody loses a bet, they tend to sometimes confuse their motives in rooting and enjoying the game because if you lose your bet, even though the team you're rooting for wins, you have a potentially conflicted outcome. "

Gary Bettman

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Gary Bettman

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" We're concerned how gambling and betting affects the NHL game and changes the perception of and challenges the integrity of the NHL game. "

" I think it's fair to say that all of the teams that have been in the playoffs have played very physically. "

" The Olympics are very proprietary about letting others promote and market what's going on, so we shut down for 17 days, and they don't let us do a whole lot in return for giving our players to them. We don't get compensated, and we've never looked for compensation. "

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" On the issue of behavioral health and the like, the program we have in place has always been available to former players as well. "

" We encourage the growth of women's hockey. "

" Market size, particularly when you're dealing with major media markets, has an impact in terms of gathering attention. "

" We're certainly not in position to expand into the East. We've been very candid and up front that if, in fact, we go through an expansion process, the world will know about it. "

" Eliminating fighting would mean eliminating the jobs of the 'fighters,' meaning these guys would not have NHL careers. "

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" I'm having trouble understanding why there hasn't been further progress on CalgaryNext. "

" From as early as I can remember, I was focused on becoming a lawyer. "

" While players say they like the five-day break, they're also saying they don't like the compression that goes along with it, and that's something that is of great concern to us as well. "

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" We just want to see entertaining, exciting games, and we want the officials to do a good job. "

" Young people, particularly in their teens and 20s, are not consuming sports the way my generation did. They are doing lots of things; they are multitasking. They are getting downloads; they are getting alerts on their computers or on their cellphones, and they are consuming sports in a more real-time but less full-time basis. "

" The fact is, I view part of what I do is, if necessary, on difficult issues, be the lightning rod. "