Gary Bettman and Donald Fehr have to remember the recent labor history with the sport.
Of course any contraction proposal offered up by Commissioner Gary Bettman would meet the full force of the union.
Commissioner Gary Bettman, owners and players have said they're sorry in various ways.
Gary Bettman, of the North American National Hockey League (NHL), said the crash represented a "catastrophic loss to the hockey world".
Is there any sports executive who comes off as being more arrogant, snotty and unlikable in professional sports than NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman?
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Hopefully, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA director Donald Fehr stop fighting and start skating toward that goal before the entire season is lost.
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The current discussions are being held between NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr, IIHL President Rene Fasel and officials from the IOC.
After a 16-hour negotiation which began Saturday and ended early Sunday morning, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA Executive Director Don Fehr jointly announced that their season would be saved.
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There is no way NHL commissioner Gary Bettman would let Vanderbeek strip the team of future revenue because doing so would make it more difficult to sell the team in the future.
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"When there was no national broadcast, a lot of fans really didn't have an option, " said the NHL's often dour commissioner Gary Bettman, who was downright giddy during a news conference Monday in New York.
Similarly, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, NHLPA Executive Director Don Fehr, and the lot of owners and player representatives had time well before the beginning of the 2012 season to resolve issues regarding salary allocations and revenue sharing.
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After more than 24 straight hours of negotiations, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and union executive director Donald Fehr announced the agreement shortly before dawn to a scrum of bleary-eyed reporters in New York City ( Watch the video).
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