NHL Hits Pause on Expansion—What’s Really Behind the Sudden Halt?
“I agree with that. We’re not under any time constraint,” Bettman added. “This isn’t a situation where we said we’re going to expand by X date. Get your applications in. We’re dealing with unsolicited, but we’re grateful to have them expressions of interest, and you know it’ll sort itself out on whatever timetable makes sense to everybody.”
NHL Expansion Eyes Texas With Houston, Austin in Play
As for resistance to expansion from some owners, Bettman didn’t make that clear. In recent days, there have been reports of some resistance to the idea of adding more teams. There was some when Vegas and Seattle came in, but those went through. It seems more owners are waiting to see how things play out with all the available information.
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