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" 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. "

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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. "

Gary Bettman

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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. "

" 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. "

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

" I was always a fan of the game, and I wouldn't have taken this job if I wasn't a fan of the game. "

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

" 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

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" We are not giving up on the Coyotes in the Greater Phoenix Area... The team has got a number of options and is going to pursue them, so nobody should think that team is moving other than out of Glendale. "

" 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. "

" If you're a sports fan, it is really cool when you see the best-on-best for hockey at the Olympics. "

" I would hope there would be a greater appreciation by casual sports fans of the incredible skill and passion of our players. "

" 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. "

Gary Bettman

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

" My rooting interest these days is first and foremost competitive hockey, and secondly in officials not making a mistake. "

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

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

" I don't weigh into politics. "

Gary Bettman

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" 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. "

" It takes two sides to make a deal, two sides to negotiate and two sides to make it go bad. "

Gary Bettman

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

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

Gary Bettman

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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. "

" If you want to know how I feel, I'll summarize it in one word - terrible. "

" 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. "

" There are lots of come-from-behind wins, games getting tied in the last period, teams going on to win. That, I think, tells the best story. Whether or not some teams have more grit, better chemistry, or more luck or more skill, it's still within the parameters. I think that makes for great storytelling and great interest for our fans. "

" 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? "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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