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[Eddie_Shack]

Bettman on the league’s outlook this season

We are having a good season on all fronts. The game on the ice is good. You look at the races in the West. If you yawn and take the night off, you can drop from fifth to 12th place in the blink of an eye. Colin (Campbell) has been doing a good job with supplemental discipline and the players by and large have handled, for example the new role on blindside hits to the head, well. Revenues are strong and attendance is up. Things are continuing to grow. In a difficult economic environment, we are holding our own and even growing a little bit.

Really Gary?

Bettman Addresses Media in Anaheim - Anaheim Ducks - News

 

[dash]

What if the Canadian dollar was at 80 cents US instead of being slightly above par, Gary? Would you still be singing the same tune?

 

[johnnytata]

apparently sidney crosby doesn't agree; although, his timing is a bit off. i think he meant to say something publicly about this after cooke's hit on savard last year:

"I know it's a fast game, and I think if anybody understands it's a fast game -- I've been hit a thousand times," Crosby said Saturday. "But when you get hit like that, there's nothing you can do. There's no way you can protect yourself. Those are things that hopefully [the NHL] pays more attention to."

"You talk about head shots and dealing with them, and that's been something that's been pretty big points of interest with everybody -- GMs and players," Crosby said. "When I look at those two hits ... I mean, we talk about blindside, and that's a big word -- unsuspecting player, there's no puck there, and direct hit to the head on both of them. If you want to go through the criteria, I think they fit all those."

excerpted from:

Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby won't practice, play until concussion symptoms subside - ESPN