The NHL All-Star Weekend celebration in Las Vegas began Friday with an additional reason for Arizona Coyotes to rejoice, at least a little.
Forward Clayton Keller's participation was already a given, and Keller showed well with his performance in the NHL All-Star Skills competition.
Beyond that, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman reiterated his belief that the Coyotes will get their arena situation sorted out, continuing his unfailing support for the franchise and majority owner Alex Meruelo as the organization seeks to finalize a deal to move into Arizona State University's multipurpose arena while hoping for approval for a new arena proposal, also in Tempe.