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.

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.

We're concerned how gambling and betting affects the NHL game and changes the perception of and challenges the integrity of the NHL game.

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.

Relatively, a very small percentage of betting takes place on hockey and even baseball because of the nature of the game and the scoring.

You don't want people rooting for anything other than the team that they love and the players that they think the world of to win. We don't want there to be another agenda.

I don't worry about the integrity of the game. Our players are professionals.

I'm having trouble understanding why there hasn't been further progress on CalgaryNext.

All have used the economic opportunity of a new arena project to transform their cities into the future.

We don't tell the officials to change the standard for the playoffs, but as we all know, time and space tends to evaporate very quickly in a playoff game; there tends to be a lot more physicality and a lot more adjustments in the course of a series.

I think it's fair to say that all of the teams that have been in the playoffs have played very physically.

I think there needs some attention to be paid to what sport is going to represent to young people: should it be viewed in the competitive, team-oriented sense that it is now, or does it become a vehicle for betting, which may, in effect, change the atmosphere in the stadiums and the arenas?

We are not giving up on the Coyotes in the Greater Phoenix Area... The team has got a number of options and is going to pursue them, so nobody should think that team is moving other than out of Glendale.

To be the organization that we want to be, we have to have a place to play.

I believe that the Greater Phoenix Area is a terrific sports market; it's a terrific hockey market.

The issue of how the game is played is something that's constantly being reviewed internally with the Players' Association, with the general managers, and it's something that we continue to monitor on a daily basis.

What we have tried to instill across the league through ownership and management is that we stand for inclusiveness and to judge somebody on the merits.

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.

I think it's very difficult to generalize as to why, in a particular league or a particular industry, somebody has or has not come out. We certainly don't want a player to come out for our sake. It should be what's right for him and something that he has to be comfortable with.

What you want to do, particularly when you're dealing with a professional sports league and franchises and people's passionate commitment to the game and for the team they root for is, it has to be sustainable.

Because of the way my words get scrutinized, I have to use a level of precision so people don't accuse me of misleading them.

Sports, as a media property, is increasingly valuable because it's something you have to have live. As a result, we're a better touch point for sponsors and advertisers because our commercials typically don't get zapped out.

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

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