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" We don't want our players getting hurt. "

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" I never rule anything in or out; life can surprise you. "

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

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" NHL clubs don't like having to shut down at a critical part of the season and disrupt our season for anything, let alone a situation where we're not given an opportunity to promote our presence. "

" It's not about big markets or small markets. It's not about dominant teams or not. It's about the actual competition and how good the games are, how good the series turn out. That's what I think is the most important for fans. "

" We'll have clinics and educational events and conferences to get more and more young players developing as hockey players. "

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" In '94, we made the deal during collective bargaining that wasn't the right deal, just to save the season. Allowing the 'in the crease' rule, the foot-in-the-crease rule, we should have not done. "

" All have used the economic opportunity of a new arena project to transform their cities into the future. "

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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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" Fighting is one of those things that gets tons of attention, far more than it deserves. "

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" 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. "

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" I think it's fairly clear that playing hockey isn't the same as playing football. "

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