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" What our fans want, what our fans believe, what our fans are interested in is why we are what we are. But, nevertheless, ultimately we have to do the things that we believe are essential for the long-term health of the game, of the league, and of all of our franchises. "

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" I think there needs some attention to be paid to what sport is going to represent to young people: should it be viewed in the competitive, team-oriented sense that it is now, or does it become a vehicle for betting, which may, in effect, change the atmosphere in the stadiums and the arenas? "

Gary Bettman

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" Obviously, we're focused on the Winter Classic. "

" 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. "

" To be the organization that we want to be, we have to have a place to play. "

" While we know gambling is part of the industry in Las Vegas, we're not going to make it all that easy for you to pick up a ticket, a gambling ticket, on your way into the arena. "

" I don't see the Hurricanes relocating, period. I think the Triangle is a terrific market. "

" 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. "

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

" When you look at the team that Jimmy Rutherford has put together and the players that he has, this is just a great story of excellent in professional sports. "

" 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. "

" At least two or three of the leagues in Europe over the last few months have said to us, 'We hope you go to the Olympics,' and I looked at them, and I said, 'Why?' and they go, 'Because if you don't send NHL players, we have to send our players, and that's way too disruptive to our season.' "

" There's no question that the Kings have been, are, and can be great hosts for any major events. "

" I couldn't do what I do day-in and day-out if I didn't love the game. "

" 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. "

" NHL clubs have not wanted to go to the Olympics, and we have been saying that for months if not years. "

Gary Bettman

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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. "

" We don't tell the officials to change the standard for the playoffs, but as we all know, time and space tends to evaporate very quickly in a playoff game; there tends to be a lot more physicality and a lot more adjustments in the course of a series. "

" I think there's always a line between what is parody in good fun in chanting and what is intended to belittle certain segments of society. "

" I think the media world is adjusting to the digital age. "

" What we have tried to instill across the league through ownership and management is that we stand for inclusiveness and to judge somebody on the merits. "

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

Gary Bettman

Attention

Things

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

" 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. "

" We're not anti-Olympics, we're anti-disruption to the season. "

Gary Bettman

Season

" The Steelers run a great organization. "

" The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us. "

" 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. "

" I don't think taunting chants at players on the other side of the ice is intended to be sexist in the slightest. It's like when you call a goaltender a sieve, they chant that. Is that now inappropriate also? "

Gary Bettman

Ice

You

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

" I don't worry about the integrity of the game. Our players are professionals. "