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Gary Bettman: NHL vetting 'eight or nine different places' to host teams if season restarts

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks with the media prior to Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final at TD Garden on May 27, 2019 in Boston. Credit: Getty Images/Bruce Bennett

How the NHL plans to potentially restart play continues to become clearer.

Commissioner Gary Bettman said on Monday the league is vetting “eight or nine different places” that could host “a dozen or so teams in one location.”

“We’d like to complete this season,” Bettman said during an interview with Leaders Week, a sports business conference conducted digitally on Monday. “We’d like to award the Stanley Cup.