Tag: Gary Bettman

"When we go to the Olympics, there are limitations on what we can do. And as good as it is for hockey, it isn’t good if the NHL disappears for two and a half weeks."

"If the league aggressively markets the rivalries born in Milan Cortina, the personalities that emerged on the Olympic stage and the playoff races about to heat up back home, this can become more than a two-week spike. It can become a bridge."

"The NHL’s current U.S. agreements with ESPN and TNT Sports run through the 2027-28 season."

"The league needs to stop asking how far the idea can be stretched and start remembering why it worked in the first place."

"The league has never been more competitive"

"People are taking my question to him (Bettman) as if though I'm taking away from what Florida's built. That's not the case."

"TNT and truTV averaged 905,000 viewers for the game as Ovechkin broke the record, with 1.3 million viewers tuned in for the historic moment itself"

“There’s still going to be an important role for local coverage."

"Younger people who are ‘cord nevers’ or ‘cord cutters,’ they’re going to look for ultimate sources of getting their content. You got to be agile.”

“If you're a sports fan and you've taken a peek at what's been going on, maybe we've got you now as a hockey fan."