Gary Bettman

From everything I can gather young star forward Phil Kessel is done negotiating with the Boston Bruins.  So here are the three scenarios left for Kessel: Either he’ll be traded, or he’ll be signed to an offer sheet by another team and the Bruins will or won’t match it, or  he’ll play for the qualifying [...]

Since the draft is now complete and July 1st ( the day unrestricted free agents hit the open market ) is rapidly approaching, I thought I would take the time to break down each team.  See who they drafted, what holes they have and how they plan on plugging those holes and upgrading their club.  [...]

Yesterday Molson Brothers, Andrew Geoff and Justin have agreed in principle to purchase the Montreal Canadiens and Bell Center from George Gillett.  The sale can only be official pending approval from the NHL’s board of governors, which they expect to occur by late August.  Their were many different groups who where bidding for the storied [...]

Now that the 2008-2009 season is in the books all NHL General Managers are scrambling to make deals to improve their respective teams.  Seems like once again the Montreal Canadiens are leading the charge.  It started with a developing story coming out of the french press Le Journal De Montreal that that Stephen Bronfman and [...]

The NHL announced that it will be moving its annual awards show to Las Vegas from Toronto where the show has been held for the last 29 years.  In an attempt to add glitz and glamor to the show, the NHL signed a three year deal with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.  The [...]

After gathering at the annual NHL General Managers conference, some details about the meeting started leaking out. The first two days focused on rule changes and fighting.  The G.M’s finally turned their attention to the games current economic state,   “It seems that next years salary cap will be roughly the same as this years,” according [...]