On Friday, another step was made in the effort to expand the National Hockey League to 32 teams. Josh Cooper at Puck Daddy rounded up the Tweets and information that confirmed that both the Las Vegas group led by Bill Foley and the Quebec City group led by Quebecor have entered Phase III of the expansion process. Cooper notes from David Pagnotta that the expansion process will end by September 4. That they're this far makes it appear likely that both ownership groups will be granted teams, and the NHL will expand in the future.
This is certainly closer to an inevitability than, say, ads on jerseys.