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07:46 AM ET 11.20 | Kris Versteeg pulled no punches Monday. [Versteeg] fired the latest salvo in the verbal battle between the NHL and the NHL Players' Association. The Florida Panthers forward brought this fight to a new low when he suggested on TSN Radio in Toronto before Monday night's CBA bargaining session that NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and deputy Bill Daly are "cancers." ... [Versteeg] said once a collective bargaining agreement is done, Bettman and Daly should be removed from their respective jobs. "I'm really frustrated. It's not good," said Versteeg. "You do try to look at the best-case scenarios moving forward once the CBA does get done and you've got to look for the cancers and you've got to cut out cancers."

Kris Versteeg, Icon Sports

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November 20, 2012 08:35 AM ET

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Hahahahah.....first fans and now players calling out Bettman

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November 20, 2012 08:37 AM ET

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The Butt-Plug and his lap dog sounds better to me because, you know, you can cure and get rid of some cancers.

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November 20, 2012 09:43 AM ET

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LOL well played Kris. I doubt they have the wherewithal to realise that they are polyps on the anus of humanity...

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November 20, 2012 09:54 AM ET

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Originally posted 09:43 AM ET 11.20 by The Aussie Caniac

LOL well played Kris. I doubt they have the wherewithal to realise that they are polyps on the anus of humanity...

Nice. Not just cancer but ass cancer.

Canuck eh?

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November 20, 2012 10:06 AM ET

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What would our day be like without another high school dropout spouting off?

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November 20, 2012 10:11 AM ET

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save me

Harry Crack

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November 20, 2012 10:18 AM ET

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this guy bridles his tongue with the same consideration with which he chooses his barber

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November 20, 2012 10:23 AM ET

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Originally posted 09:54 AM ET 11.20 by Canuck eh?

Nice. Not just cancer but ass cancer.

LMAO!

Youppi!

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November 20, 2012 10:53 AM ET

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Originally posted 10:18 AM ET 11.20 by Harry Crack

this guy bridles his tongue with the same consideration with which he chooses his barber

Lockout aside, do you really think Bettman and Daly have been good for the game? I can't think of a worse sports commissioner than Bettman. He has no connection for the game, no love for the game, no respect for it's history or traditions. Even if there were no lockouts on his watch, he has still hurt the game with the changes he has made.

Nobody expects…

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November 20, 2012 10:59 AM ET

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Originally posted 10:53 AM ET 11.20 by Nobody expects Phantomphan MMT

Lockout aside, do you really think Bettman and Daly have been good for the game? I can't think of a worse sports commissioner than Bettman. He has no connection for the game, no love for the game, no respect for it's history or traditions. Even if there were no lockouts on his watch, he has still hurt the game with the changes he has made.

agreed.

Harry Crack

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November 20, 2012 11:00 AM ET

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Originally posted 10:53 AM ET 11.20 by Nobody expects Phantomphan MMT

Lockout aside, do you really think Bettman and Daly have been good for the game? I can't think of a worse sports commissioner than Bettman. He has no connection for the game, no love for the game, no respect for it's history or traditions. Even if there were no lockouts on his watch, he has still hurt the game with the changes he has made.

Truer words.....

Canuck eh?

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November 20, 2012 11:04 AM ET

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Originally posted 10:18 AM ET 11.20 by Harry Crack

this guy bridles his tongue with the same consideration with which he chooses his barber

HC---hockey hair......he's got that European look going :))

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November 20, 2012 11:04 AM ET

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Originally posted 10:53 AM ET 11.20 by Nobody expects Phantomphan MMT

Lockout aside, do you really think Bettman and Daly have been good for the game? I can't think of a worse sports commissioner than Bettman. He has no connection for the game, no love for the game, no respect for it's history or traditions. Even if there were no lockouts on his watch, he has still hurt the game with the changes he has made.

ugh....your gonna make me do it.

Yes I agree with your comment

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November 20, 2012 11:12 AM ET

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Originally posted 09:54 AM ET 11.20 by Canuck eh?

Nice. Not just cancer but ass cancer.

Well one must discriminate a little.

A rose by another name...

The Aussie Caniac

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November 20, 2012 11:30 AM ET

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Originally posted 11:04 AM ET 11.20 by NY Rangers

ugh....your gonna make me do it.Yes I agree with your comment

LMAO. I agree too Phantom. (God it hurt to say that). But, even though I despise the Dwarf........I don't like Fehr (or his brother) any better). Both sides, always, are trying to 'win". There are no winners. :-(

ATOs (all the others) that play in the league and the ancillary jobholders that go with hockey are the ones being screwed. Twas ever thus.

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November 20, 2012 11:41 AM ET

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Originally posted 11:30 AM ET 11.20 by Slapshot

LMAO. I agree too Phantom. (God it hurt to say that). But, even though I despise the Dwarf........I don't like Fehr (or his brother) any better). Both sides, always, are trying to 'win". There are no winners. :-(

ATOs (all the others) that play in the league and the ancillary jobholders that go with hockey are the ones being screwed. Twas ever thus.

Please don't drag poor Thomas Moore into this. :-(

Canuck eh?

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November 20, 2012 12:01 PM ET

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Originally posted 11:30 AM ET 11.20 by Slapshot

LMAO. I agree too Phantom. (God it hurt to say that). But, even though I despise the Dwarf........I don't like Fehr (or his brother) any better). Both sides, always, are trying to 'win". There are no winners. :-(ATOs (all the others) that play in the league and the ancillary jobholders that go with hockey are the ones being screwed. Twas ever thus.

I've never disagreed with this.

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November 20, 2012 12:28 PM ET

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Originally posted 11:00 AM ET 11.20 by Canuck eh?

Truer words.....

That holier than thou look on his face.........

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November 20, 2012 01:22 PM ET

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and yet Versteeg would probably cry like a schoolgirl if Bettman would say about him. Regardless of how I feel about everyone involved, I think that the ridiculous name calling has no place in the labour negotiation process. It doesnt add anything.

puttin on the foil

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November 20, 2012 01:28 PM ET

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Originally posted 01:22 PM ET 11.20 by puttin on the foil

and yet Versteeg would probably cry like a schoolgirl if Bettman would say about him. Regardless of how I feel about everyone involved, I think that the ridiculous name calling has no place in the labour negotiation process. It doesnt add anything.

Dead on !