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Commissioner Gary Bettman has consistently said the NHL's players from Russia are in a difficult position and that the league does not want to make it any harder on them than it already is.
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Bettman mentioned the presence of two team representatives, Arizona's Alex Meruelo Jr. and Philadelphia's Tom Minton, and media members who were all asked to wave to the camera.
