Pittsburgh among NHL’s 10 ‘hub’ candidates

Pittsburgh has made the short list -- well, the fairly short list -- of potential "hub" cities where games could be staged if the NHL is able to resume the 2019-20 season this summer.

There are nine others, however, and Gary Bettman said the league's plan is to select just two of those, with 12 Eastern Conference teams competing in one and a dozen from the Western Conference in the other.

And even if Pittsburgh is selected, the Penguins won't necessarily have a home-ice advantage, because there's no certainty they would be competing at PPG Paints Arena.

That's because the 12 teams from the Penguins' conference won't necessarily be placed in one of the three Eastern cities -- Columbus and…