As most of you guys know by now, the deadline to submit a bid for expansion hit yesterday, and only Quebec City and Las Vegas finished the paperwork and rustled up the required funds. So, where does the expansion process go from here? Scott Burnside and Craig Custance over at ESPN explored just that.
First up, the next deadline looming on the calendar.
The next date to keep in mind is Aug. 4. That's when the NHL determines which of the applicant groups move on to Phase 2, where the exchange of information between the NHL and the interested expansion franchise ramps up even more.