For the moment, it’s official. The NHL will only be evaluating Las Vegas and Quebec City for an expansion team for the time being. After the league released its statement earlier in the week, there had been reports of several people coming to the league’s New York office. There had been speculation that the league might still be entertaining a possible bid by Seattle or Toronto (or even the rebirth of the Hartford Whalers). Gary Bettman quashed those rumors earlier this week.
“Yeah. As we say in the [press] release, we’re focused on the two bona fide applications and that’s the basis on which the process will proceed, said NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman to the Boston Globe.