If I bet on sports I would never embarrass Team Canada or the country or hockey I would phone (NHL commissioner) Gary Bettman and Bob Nicholson right now and say you know what, I resign, it's over, even if I made a 1 bet.
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They played like a team that was desperate to win and we played like a team that was standing around. Not battling and taking penalties. You win and lose as a group. No question tonight it's a total team effort as far as the loss went. We had no battle and had no fight.
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He's meant so much not only to the National Hockey League but to that franchise and the city of Pittsburgh.
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From the ownership perspective, the Olympics has done little to spike interest in the NHL after the last two Games and, from a marketing perspective, has done little more than expose the NHL product as dull and inferior. With the Games in Europe, the impact will be even less than it was in Salt Lake in 2002 and the travel will be much harder. The tough part now is that we're in a different situation than we were in 2002, ... We just missed one full season and I know there's probably some concerns from owners, probably more in the United States, in the sense of getting started again and trying to build that enthusiasm for the National Hockey League again and then having to shut it down for 17 days.
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But you know it's time to move forward. We will invite him to our training camp. He's an elite player and I expect him to have a great year and be part of Team Canada come February in Italy.
Wayne Gretzky
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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