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From the mouth of Harley Hotchkiss in todays Calgary Herald...
Also praises the job Bettman has done for the owners and says the Bettman is merely doing what he was asked to do when hired/given extension..
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Harley sets the record straight
''The report is inaccurate," Hotchkiss says. "I personally negotiated Gary's contract.
"I had the assistance of three other senior owners, and it was approved by the board. There are absolutely no CBA incentives in that contract.''
"Bettman came to us and said he would not accept any such incentives, because he wanted to be free to make his decisions without being accused of doing something for his own, in those negotiations, for his own personal gain.
"That's the situation, that's the role I was in, that's the way it happened."
Asked why the NHL would take issue with incentive clauses -- a common practice for CEOs and COOs in business -- Hotchkiss stressed "there are no such clauses (in Bettman's contract), so it doesn't matter . . .
Also praises the job Bettman has done for the owners and says the Bettman is merely doing what he was asked to do when hired/given extension..
"He's doing what we've asked him to do. He does have our support. I know him well and how much he cares about the game and the importance of the game in Canada.
"Quite frankly, he saved our franchise and likely Edmonton and Ottawa with (his support of) the Canadian currency assistance program. . . . That act alone is often overlooked, but it saved our franchise. . . . He saved other franchises with his own high energy and determination and grasp of what needs to be done."
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Harley sets the record straight
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