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"I have way more respect for the game than that. People always say, if Wayne Gretzky can be traded,...
"I have way more respect for the game than that. People always say, if Wayne Gretzky can be traded, anyone can be traded. To suggest I'd deliberately try to hold one up is an absolute joke.
"I love my teammates in Philadelphia. Management has treated me extremely well. Honestly, I'm the type of person that, if a team did not want me here, I would not want to be here. I certainly would not hold anything up."
— -- James van Riemsdyk on the rumors surrounding him this week, as told to the Daily News
