NHL commissioner Gary Bettman speaks to the media prior to the 2020 NHL All-Star Skills Competition at Enterprise Center on Jan. 24, 2020, in St Louis, Mo. Credit: Getty Images/Bruce Bennett
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said in an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper Monday that his league “can’t rule out any conceivable alternative’’ as far as returning to play after the pause due to the coronavirus pandemic, and that would include the possibility of playing games in neutral sites.
Bettman, speaking to Cooper on his afternoon show, said he doesn’t know when the NHL can return to play, “but it’s something we’re monitoring on a daily basis.