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LA Times (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is apparently going to have the last word on the Brian Burke-Kevin Lowe verbal feud.Bettman effectively told Burke, the Ducks' general manager, and Lowe, the Edmonton Oilers' GM, to cool it, after a conference call between the three this morning."The NHL, in response to Kevin Lowe's comments over the weekend, has ordered both Burke and Lowe to both...
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NY Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
The News has learned that NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, Yankees COO Lonn Trost and mayor Mike Bloomberg have pledged their interest in playing a Winter Classic in the new Yankee Stadium - perhaps on New Year's Day 2010.
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Deadspin (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Regardless, last year’s New Year’s game between the Penguins and Sabres brought in the highest hockey ratings in over a decade. Of course it snowed during that game in Buffalo. And, for whatever reason, televised sporting events with snow surge in ratings. Personally, it's hard to beat kicking back on your couch watching people freeze to death in the snow. I don't know why. Which means Gary...
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HTMF: Prince Rupert's Website (Free subscription) | yesterday
"We felt for a host of reasons it was important to bring the parties together and make it clear to both organizations that public comments disparaging the other were bad for the business and would no longer be tolerated,"— NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly on why the NHL told their feuding GM’s to put a lid on their antagonistic ways.NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has finally said enough...
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | yesterday
NHL NOTESTheStar.com | Hockey | League threatens to fine Lowe, BurkeLeague threatens to fine Lowe, BurkeStar wire servicesThe NHL has warned feuding general managers Kevin Lowe and Brian Burke that they need to end their public dispute or face significant fines.The warning for Edmonton's Lowe and Anaheim's Burke came yesterday during a conference call with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman,...
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The Final Score (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Hell is truly freezing over, and that hell is Wrigley Field Not only are the Cubs in first place, but it appears that their ballpark will be getting a New Year's glaze now that the Blackhawks-Red Wings outdoors game has apparently been given the green light by NHL Comissioner Gary Bettman. According to a report in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, the New Year's Day game was finalized last...
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
In the coming days, many critics of Gary Bettman will point to the skyrocketing price tags that free agents have commanded and say, "What was the lockout for?"Must-read: Must-see: Top headlines: Worth a thousand words: Bettman, Bill Daly, and others towing the company line will say, "The revenues allow this to happen."Me? I'm looking at the general managers and saying, "You're...
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Islanders Army (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Do you like hockey? Do you have a degree in business, marketing, or PR? Then you could be the NHL’s next Marketing Manager!! Hang with Gary Bettman and make bad decision after bad decision, like glow pucks, Versus over ESPN, 30 new jerseys just to make your corporate cronies at RBK happy, and All-Star games [...]
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
... Canadian dollar has soared to levels many wouldn't have believed possible back in the days when Gary Bettman was going to Parliament Hill hat-in-hand.Next year, teams can spend upwards of $56 million on players, startling when you recall the league shut down because it didn't want to accept a cap of $42.5 million per team four years ago.For Finger (Who?), it's all good. When you go...
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Blueshirt Bulletin (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Wade Redden is thrilled to be coming to New York. What, you expected him to say something different? Introduced via conference call shortly after 8:30 PM, Redden cited all the usual factors that influence players to choose to sign with the Rangers -- the lure of the city, the allure of Madison Square Garden, the lore of an Original Six team (assuming Gary Bettman allows all that to remain...
