According to Ailene Voisin of the Sacramento Bee, the Maloof family owners of the Palms hotel and casino in Las Vegas and the NBA’s Sacramento Kings are hoping to bring NHL hockey to Las Vegas. The Maloofs are on the verge of selling the basketball team “and they want to pursue another professional sports franchise [...]

Speaking at the league’s announcement of the 2014 Winter Classic on Sunday, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said the league’s focus is to leave the Coyotes in the desert. “We’re not planning on moving Phoenix as we stand here today,” he said. The Phoenix Coyotes have been run by the NHL since 2009, when former owner Jerry [...]

In an announcement Sunday morning at Joe Louis Arena, Commissioner Gary Bettman formally confirmed that the 2014 Bridgetone NHL Winter Classic will be played at Michigan Stadium between the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs on Jan. 1, 2014. If that sounds familiar, it’s because that was the plan for the 2013 Winter Classic [...]

All 30 of the NHL’s general managers will be in Toronto today to discuss diving/embellishment calls, Olympics and coaches challenges, according to NHL.com. Diving/Embellishment Calls: The amount of diving/embellishment calls is up this season after select players, coaches, GMs, officials and League personnel stressed the importance of calling the minor penalty during a two-day summit on [...]

Quick Hits from around the league: Jamie Benn could have a new contract with the Dallas Stars in the very near future. Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News tweeted Thursday afternoon, ”Stars owner Tom Gaglardi said at press conference today he is hoping for good news ‘in a few hours’ on Jamie Benn contract.” Lyle Richardson of Spector’s Hockey [...]

NHL owners voted unanimously in favor of ratifying the new collective bargaining agreement, according to TSN.ca. The players aren’t expected to start their ratification vote until Friday. It will take place electronically over two days and needs majority support from the roughly 740 union members to pass. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman briefly addressed the fans [...]

After more than 16 consecutive hours of bargaining on the 113th day of the lockout, the NHL and NHLPA reached a tentative agreement on the framework of a new collective bargaining agreement around 5 a.m. Sunday. “We have reached an agreement on the framework of a new collective bargaining agreement, the details of which need [...]

Commissioner Gary Bettman is ready to cancel the season for good Thursday “if a CBA deal has not been reached or appears to be imminent,” according to a board of governor member who spoke to the Winnipeg Free Press’ Gary Lawless. There is the belief from the league that NHLPA head Donald Fehr is “slowing [...]

Friday morning Collective Bargaining Agreement updates: Scott Burnside of ESPN.com reports that the NHL and NHLPA are expected to resume meetings Friday morning. However yesterday the NHL’s locked-out players did not show up for a meeting that commissioner Gary Bettman said a federal mediator wanted to start at 10 a.m., instead choosing to update their membership. Pierre LeBrun of ESPN.com reports that [...]

The NHL and NHL Players Association met briefly Sunday in a failed attempt to tackle player contracting issues, leaving little hope a labor deal will be reached soon, according to ESPN. Both NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr and NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said they don’t know how a labor agreement can be reached given [...]