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

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.

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.

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

The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.

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

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.

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

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.

I don't weigh into politics.

Fighting is one of those things that gets tons of attention, far more than it deserves.

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.

I don't feel that it's either necessary or appropriate for me to comment on what the NFL either says or does.

I think it's fairly clear that playing hockey isn't the same as playing football.

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

The relationship between concussions and the asserted clinical symptoms of C.T.E. remains unknown.

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.

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

From as early as I can remember, I was focused on becoming a lawyer.

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.

NHL clubs have not wanted to go to the Olympics, and we have been saying that for months if not years.

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.

At least two or three of the leagues in Europe over the last few months have said to us, 'We hope you go to the Olympics,' and I looked at them, and I said, 'Why?' and they go, 'Because if you don't send NHL players, we have to send our players, and that's way too disruptive to our season.'

If the IOC would move the Olympic hockey tournament to the summer, that would be great. We'd be thrilled to have our players participate because then it doesn't affect our season.

A good fan base has developed around the Hurricanes, and I see the opportunity for continued growth for this franchise in the future.

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

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