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" 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. "

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" There are always going to be critics... and I have always had a rule: no matter how good the commentary is, or how bad the commentary is, it's more important that you do what you think is right. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I don't really think about having a retrospective on my high-school years. It's not something that, from a positive or a negative standpoint, is a driving force in my life. "

" 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? "

" I believe that the Greater Phoenix Area is a terrific sports market; it's a terrific hockey market. "

" The relationship between concussions and the asserted clinical symptoms of C.T.E. remains unknown. "

" There are a couple people who have complained on other teams about some of the things that Pittsburgh players have done. Some of that goes in the category of gamesmanship. Some of that goes to the fact that we need to be vigilant as a league to make sure that players aren't unnecessarily and inappropriately hurt. "

" 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. "

" I know when you're in the business of cover sports, you look for 60-minute games and a result. It's never that simple. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You don't want people rooting for anything other than the team that they love and the players that they think the world of to win. We don't want there to be another agenda. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Having to respond to things that are made up or untrue tends to be a waste of time. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" Doing jersey advertising for the World Cup is not in the same universe as putting advertising on NHL sweaters. "

" I don't feel that it's either necessary or appropriate for me to comment on what the NFL either says or does. "

" Because of the way my words get scrutinized, I have to use a level of precision so people don't accuse me of misleading them. "

" 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. "