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Chatting With Bettman
by Paul on 01/22/09 at 07:45 PM ET
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from Scott Burnside of ESPN,
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman spoke to ESPN.com earlier this week about a wide range of topics, including the economy, the Phoenix Coyotes, the New York Islanders and the future of the league’s participation in the Olympics.
The Olympics
There is a perception Bettman is anti-Olympics or anti-NHL players in the Olympics, but the commissioner likes to point out he was the one who put the NHL and the Olympics together back in 1998 in Nagano. “I’m the guy that made it happen,” he said.That said, after the 2010 Vancouver Games, there’s going to be time for some soul-searching about whether the NHL and the Olympics are a fit going forward. After three visits to the Olympics (Nagano, Salt Lake City and Torino) and with a fourth on the way, “there are aspects of this endeavor that are problematic,” the commissioner said.
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