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" The relationship between concussions and the asserted clinical symptoms of C.T.E. remains unknown. "
Gary Bettman
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Unknown
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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. "
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" We encourage the growth of women's hockey. "
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" My message to the kids and our fans is hockey's a great game. There's a lot of hockey being played at all levels. Get involved, do it. We will be back and we will be back better than ever and hopefully as soon as possible. Don't give up on the game. It's too good. "
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" When you're in other time zones in other places, you don't get quite as much attention; you don't get quite as much visibility for the game, and you give up a lot to do it. "
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" Sports, as a media property, is increasingly valuable because it's something you have to have live. As a result, we're a better touch point for sponsors and advertisers because our commercials typically don't get zapped out. "
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" What you want to do, particularly when you're dealing with a professional sports league and franchises and people's passionate commitment to the game and for the team they root for is, it has to be sustainable. "
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" We don't want our players getting hurt. "
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" I view myself as a dealmaker. "
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" Fighting is one of those things that gets tons of attention, far more than it deserves. "
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" My rooting interest these days is first and foremost competitive hockey, and secondly in officials not making a mistake. "
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" The issue of how the game is played is something that's constantly being reviewed internally with the Players' Association, with the general managers, and it's something that we continue to monitor on a daily basis. "
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" I don't see the Hurricanes relocating, period. I think the Triangle is a terrific market. "
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" None of our series are ever static in terms of the dates. We always have a range of flexibility to respond to whatever may or may not happen. "
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" The good news for us is the NHL has never been stronger, never been more popular, and that, I guess, has led to a lot of interest being expressed from a number of places, an interest in getting an expansion team, and Las Vegas happens to be one of those places. "
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Stronger
" The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us. "
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" There is less fighting in the game than we had years ago. I mean, we penalize it. "
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" We're not anti-Olympics, we're anti-disruption to the season. "
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" We went from journalism, in newspapers that gets heavily edited, to blogs, where you can express your opinions, to tweeting, where you can say anything, and it gets repeated and becomes fact when it isn't. It's something the entire world is going to have to come to grips with. "
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" To be the organization that we want to be, we have to have a place to play. "
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" I think it's fairly clear that playing hockey isn't the same as playing football. "
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" Let's put it this way: I would consider my skiing ability to be far superior to my skating ability. And, in fact, my 10-year-old grandson, who's a AAA squirt, can skate circles around me. "
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" I think the media world is adjusting to the digital age. "
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" 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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" From as early as I can remember, I was focused on becoming a lawyer. "
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" Our franchises have never been healthier. Our league, in terms of its economic footing, has never been healthier. "
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" There's no question that the Kings have been, are, and can be great hosts for any major events. "
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" I believe, certainly in the NHL, a player who can help a team win because he can contribute on the ice is going to be coveted whatever his beliefs may be or whoever he may be. That goes to national origin, religious beliefs, or sexuality. "
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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. "
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" You can have the biggest markets in the world, but if the game isn't exciting, compelling, and competitive, it's not going to generate a lot of interest. "
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" We'll have clinics and educational events and conferences to get more and more young players developing as hockey players. "
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