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. Gary Bettman Read Quote
We’re concerned how gambling and betting affects the NHL game and changes the perception of and challenges the integrity of the NHL game. Gary Bettman Read Quote
I think that when somebody loses a bet, they tend to sometimes confuse their motives in rooting and enjoying the game because if you lose your bet, even though the team you’re rooting for wins, you have a potentially conflicted outcome. Gary Bettman Read Quote
We don’t worry about the integrity of our game. I’m more focused on the atmosphere in the arena, and that’s something we’re comfortable with going forward. Gary Bettman Read Quote
On the issue of behavioral health and the like, the program we have in place has always been available to former players as well. Gary Bettman Read Quote
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. Gary Bettman Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Gary Bettman Read Quote
