The Markham City Council kept the hopes of the GTA Centre alive early on Wednesday morning, when it voted against a motion to reject the proposed financial structure of the project.
Bettman talks expansion
Jonathan DanielThe worst-kept secret in the NHL is that an expansion to 32 teams is bound to happen sooner than later. Reports, rumors and speculation all make it sound as though expansion is a matter of when it’s going to happen and not if it’s going to happen.
However, commissioner Gary Bettman stated on Tuesday afternoon that things aren’t that cut and dry. In speaking with the assembled media in between meetings at the NHL Board of Governors gathering, Bettman stated that expansion is not something the league has decided upon yet.
Read Article >Paul Kelly: NHL wants 32 teams
Bruce BennettFormer NHLPA executive director Paul Kelly was in Markham, Ont. on Tuesday evening to address City Council as the Toronto suburb discusses whether or not to approve an arena deal that could eventually bring the NHL to town.
Both during and after his address, Kelly said publicly what many people already have believed to be the case for some time now: The NHL wants 32 teams, and expansion is likely to come in the Greater Toronto Area (like, for example, Markham) and Quebec City.
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