According to former NHL president Gil Stein, another factor was that the Karmanos / Rutherford group wanted to pay only $ 29 million before starting play, while the Esposito group was one of the few willing to pay the entire $ 50 million expansion fee up front.

According to the request for proposals that was released, the new arena would be built on the same site of 1st Mariner Arena and " would have a smaller seating capacity than would be required for an NHL or NBA team " but it doesn't specify a specific seating capacity.

According to the collective bargaining agreement ( CBA ) between the NHL and NHL Players Association ( NHLPA ), he was entitled to free agency within the league, beginning on 1 July.

According to International Ice Hockey Federation ( IIHF ) and National Hockey League ( NHL ) rules, the only player allowed to speak with referees about rule interpretations is the captain, or, if the captain is not on the ice, an alternate captain.

According to Jay Leach, who writes for NHL. com's " learn to play hockey " section, the defence must " Move the puck hard and quick to the open man.

According to NHL rules, various infractions during a breakaway that can lead to a penalty shot being awarded include: a goaltender deliberately dislodging a goal-post ( delay of game ), a defending player using a stick or any other part of his body to interfere with the attacking player, a goaltender or other player throwing his stick to distract or hinder the attacking player, or any other foul committed against the attacking player from behind.

According to Holzman, the NHL itself was intended to operate temporarily until the Toronto NHA franchise was resolved.

According to NHL president Frank Calder, " As far as I am concerned they can stand on their head ( s ).

According to the NHL Constitution, Article VI, section 6. 1:

According to the International Ice Hockey Federation, 388 NHL players were on teams overseas at some point during the season, spread across 19 European leagues.

According to Pierre Houde, he is one of the strongest players in the NHL, according to official physical tests.

According to an NHL-commissioned report prepared by former U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Arthur Levitt, prior to 2004 – 05, NHL clubs spent about 76 percent of their gross revenues on players ' salaries – a figure far higher than those in other North American sports – and collectively lost US $ 273 million during the 2002 – 03 season.

According to NHL lore, Hall threw up before each game, then drank a glass of orange juice.

According to NHL. com, Maltsev was Alexander Ovechkin's childhood idol.

According to rule 49. 2 of the NHL, " A puck that is directed into the net by an attacking player ’ s skate shall be a legitimate goal as long as no distinct kicking motion is evident.

According to Harris, Carnegie and others believe that racism played an important part in keeping him out of the NHL.

According to the Swedish Public Radio broadcaster SR, the UN did not explain why it had elected to remove Al-Barakat from its terror list.

According to Canadian broadcaster, CTV, " IKEA's publications have developed an almost cult-like following online.

According to an interview with TSR, the French language Swiss TV broadcaster, Kamprad drives a 1993 Volvo 240, flies only economy class, and encourages IKEA employees always to write on both sides of a piece of paper.

According to polls / surveys conducted by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ( Canada's public broadcaster ), Tommy Douglas has been consistently voted as " The Most Important Canadian " for three years in a row.

According to Pesky, former teammate and Sox broadcaster Mel Parnell named the pole after Pesky won a game for Parnell in with a home run down the short right field line, just around the pole.

According to the Italian public service broadcaster RAI's documentary, MK 77 had been used in Baghdad in 2003 in civilian-populated areas.

According to the Finnish public service broadcaster YLE, the militia participated in effectively cutting off through traffic.

According to author and historian, John Kennedy O ' Connor's, The Eurovision Song Contest-The Official History, the live telecast of her song was banned in her home country by the Italian national broadcaster RAI, as the event partially coincided with the campaigning for the 1974 Italian referendum on divorce which was held a month later in May.

According to the final report published by Setanta's administrator Deloitte, released in July 2010, the broadcaster had outstanding bank loans of UK £ 261m and unsecured debt of UK £ 288m.

According to Darren Wershler-Henry,

According to a 2001 interview with The Telegraph, Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson said that his son Darren, who was at tryouts for Eredivisie rival Heerenveen at the time, begged his father, " You've got to sign Van Nistelrooy right away, he's fantastic.

According to historian Darren T. Williamson, " He based his position primarily on three arguments: first, he argued along grammatical lines, interestingly not Greek grammar but Dutch / German.

According to Robert Hofler's 2005 biography, The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson: The Pretty Boys and Dirty Deals of Henry Willson, Willson tried out the name Troy on Rory Calhoun and James Darren, with no success before it finally stuck to Donahue.

According to Eliot Weinberger, an American writer, essayist, editor and translator, Kosiński was not the author of The Painted Bird.

According to John Eliot Gardiner, it may have also served as an organ concerto for the new Silbermann organ in Dresden's Sophienkirche in 1725.

According to Eliot Asinof's account of the events, Eight Men Out, Cicotte was " rested " for the season's final two weeks after reaching his 29th win, presumably to deny him the bonus.

According to James Atlas, Allen Tate responded to the book by stating that " poetic style marked ' the first real innovation we've had since Eliot and Pound.

According to Eliot Weinberger, contemporary American writer, essayist, editor, and translator, Kosiński was not the author of the book.

According to the New York Post, Cutler was a friend and business associate of the madam of an escort agency where Eliot Spitzer was a client.

According to David Goldie, Murry and the Adelphi, and Eliot and the Criterion, were in an important rivalry by the mid-1920s, with competing definitions of literature, based respectively on romanticism allied to liberalism and a subjective approach, and a form of classicism allied to traditionalism and a religious attitude.

According to Laughlin, Hillyer would leave the room when either Pound or Eliot was mentioned.

* Eliot Spitzer-at the time was the New York State Attorney General ( 1999 – 2006 ) According to speeches on his website, Spitzer supports reducing property taxes, lowering the cost of health care ; reducing energy costs and reforming workers ' compensation.

According to author Marc Eliot, Eastwood perceived himself as being upstaged by Bridges.

According to Eliot & Kawazoe, 1983, these 14 subspecies are divided into four groups as follows:

According to Eliot, the feelings of Hamlet are not sufficiently supported by the story and the other characters surrounding him.