Unions impact player, official safety issues
/"If I could wave a wand, and I used to say this all the time about visors, and just make everyone into wearing a visor I would have done that but that’s not the way it works."
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/"We don't do it to get credit for it. We do it to satisfy our fans and enhance their experience."
Read MoreNHL consistent with message on shootouts
/"I wouldn’t like the shootout in the playoffs, and the fact is I like the shootout better than ending a game in a tie."
Read MoreBettman happy with playoff format change
/"We set out to do something that we thought our fans would like, and the early returns are it's working the way we had hoped."
Read MoreBettman: Stars fans re-engaged in Dallas
/"This is his first full season of ownership and the results speak for themselves.”
Read MoreFlorida unlikely locale for Stadium Series
/“It could be 70 and humid here, so the weather here is more of an issue."
Read MoreBettman: No consensus on 'overblown' fighting issue
/Commissioner Gary Bettman explains to the Tribune-Review that fighting is an 'overblown' issue that is a 'small part of the game.'
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