Quick Hits from around the league: Glendale’s City Council approved a 20-year lease agreement for Jobing.com Arena on Friday, clearing the last major hurdle in the sale of the Phoenix Coyotes to a group led by former San Jose Sharks CEO Greg Jamison. The Boston Bruins appear close to signing Chris Kelly to a new contract. CSN’s Joe Haggerty reports that both Kelly [...]

The NHL Board of Governors voted unanimously to approve the sale of the St. Louis Blues to a group led by current minority owner Tom Stillman, CEO of Summit Distributing of St. Louis. Stillman has a group of investors that will purchase the Blues, the team’s American Hockey League affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen, the lease [...]

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the NHL’s Board of Governors is expected to vote on the sale of the St. Louis Blues to Tom Stillman‘s group Tuesday, and the closing should be finalized Wednesday. Details of the purchase should be available at a news conference on Thursday. And there’s word Hall-of-Famer Brett Hull will take on a management position under new [...]

On Friday, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch the sale of the St. Louis Blues to club minority owner Tom Stillman could be completed “soon”. And when the “lawyers are done doing their things,” the process will move ahead. “We remain singularly focused on Tom Stillman completing his proposed transaction to purchase the St. [...]

The St. Louis Blues could have new ownership in place just before the start of their playoff run. Jeremy Rutherford of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports a deal with a group featuring club minority owner Tom Stillman might be closed in a matter of weeks. Maybe not by the end of March as initially hoped but not long [...]

According to TrueHockey.com’s Andy Strickland, NHL sources confirm current minority owner Tom Stillman has signed a purchase agreement to buy the St. Louis Blues. Previous we had posted that Matthew Hulsizer would not end up as the new owner of the St. Louis Blues because Midnight of this new year marked the deadline of Hulsizer’s exclusive opportunity to purchase [...]