It has been a year since the Penguins ownership of Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle began to explore their options with the sale of the franchise, but NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said this afternoon that any sale is not close to happening anytime soon.
“My understanding is there is no urgency or immediacy,” Bettman said at a news conference today. “For a variety of reasons, they’re looking for options, but there is nothing pressing and there is no process in place to sell the club.”
Lemieux and Burkle went to the trouble of putting out a joint statement in January after a New York Post report quoted anonymous sources that Lemieux and Burkle disagreed on the sale price, which is believed to be in the $750 million range.