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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Crafted
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our economics are not baseball's economics. Our game is not baseball's game. Our owners are not baseball's owners, with one or two exceptions. Our union is not baseball's union. What we do has to be crafted and suited to address hockey, to address the NHL, to address our 30 teams and our 700-plus players.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
It takes two sides to make a deal, two sides to negotiate and two sides to make it go bad.
- Canada
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no question that the Kings have been, are, and can be great hosts for any major events.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Impact
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- Nov 07, 2020
Market size, particularly when you're dealing with major media markets, has an impact in terms of gathering attention.
- Interest
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't weigh into politics.
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fighting is one of those things that gets tons of attention, far more than it deserves.
- Giving
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Olympics are very proprietary about letting others promote and market what's going on, so we shut down for 17 days, and they don't let us do a whole lot in return for giving our players to them. We don't get compensated, and we've never looked for compensation.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't feel that it's either necessary or appropriate for me to comment on what the NFL either says or does.
- Hockey
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's fairly clear that playing hockey isn't the same as playing football.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eliminating fighting would mean eliminating the jobs of the 'fighters,' meaning these guys would not have NHL careers.
- Nov 07, 2020
The relationship between concussions and the asserted clinical symptoms of C.T.E. remains unknown.
- Far
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
My rooting interest these days is first and foremost competitive hockey, and secondly in officials not making a mistake.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
NHL clubs have not wanted to go to the Olympics, and we have been saying that for months if not years.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Hockey
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- Nov 07, 2020