NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The process of NHL expansion is a slow one — and commissioner Gary Bettman reiterated that again Saturday afternoon during his annual press briefing before the skills competition at All-Star weekend.
“The process is continuing,” Bettman said, “but we are not ready to make a recommendation. That’s something that will be done in the next few months.”
There are two applications being contemplated for Las Vegas and Quebec City, and although Seattle wanted to get in, Bettman said, “if somebody wanted to give us an application right now, we wouldn’t take it.