Gary Bettman Quotes
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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'm not here to win a popularity contest.
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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.
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If you're a sports fan, it is really cool when you see the best-on-best for hockey at the Olympics.
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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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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.
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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.
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Market size, particularly when you're dealing with major media markets, has an impact in terms of gathering attention.
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Doing jersey advertising for the World Cup is not in the same universe as putting advertising on NHL sweaters.
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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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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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It takes two sides to make a deal, two sides to negotiate and two sides to make it go bad.
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I think it's very difficult to generalize as to why, in a particular league or a particular industry, somebody has or has not come out. We certainly don't want a player to come out for our sake. It should be what's right for him and something that he has to be comfortable with.
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All have used the economic opportunity of a new arena project to transform their cities into the future.
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I couldn't do what I do day-in and day-out if I didn't love the game.
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NHL clubs have not wanted to go to the Olympics, and we have been saying that for months if not years.
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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.