The End?
"Trying to figure our what lunatic turn the NHL lockout will take today. We're overdue for fake vomit to be involved." -- Jesse Spector of The Sporting News via Twitter (@jessespector)
"Today isn't the first time the union has come out of a session and talked about how wonderful their offer is, or how close we were, when in fact the reality was, they were misleading you. I think everyone needs to take a step back, and I think all of the PR spinning is not going to get this done. ... Don can say whatever he wants, I'm not going to negotiate publicly." -- Bettman to the media on Nov. 21
"The only Federal agency that might be able to get some traction is the Army. The two sides are so entrenched in their positions, heavy artillery might not even be able to dislodge them, but it might have the best shot." -- Luke DeCock writing in the The Raleigh News & Tribune on Nov. 29
"We're having a tough time understanding why what we have proposed and what we have proposed previously hasn't been accepted." -- Bettman at Nov. 21 press conference
"Today isn't the first time the union has come out of a session and talked about how wonderful their offer is, or how close we were, when in fact the reality was, they were misleading you. I think everyone needs to take a step back, and I think all of the PR spinning is not going to get this done. ... Don can say whatever he wants, I'm not going to negotiate publicly." -- Bettman to the media on Nov. 21
"The only Federal agency that might be able to get some traction is the Army. The two sides are so entrenched in their positions, heavy artillery might not even be able to dislodge them, but it might have the best shot." -- Luke DeCock writing in the The Raleigh News & Tribune on Nov. 29
"We're having a tough time understanding why what we have proposed and what we have proposed previously hasn't been accepted." -- Bettman at Nov. 21 press conference







