10 Reasons the NHL is Also Coming to Brooklyn
7. Gary Bettman Wants 32 Teams in the NHL
One of the small details that’s emerged from the ongoing and dispiriting negotiations between the NHL and its players, over the next collective bargaining agreement (the players are currently locked out, and there’s been no hockey, in case you haven’t noticed), is that league commissioner Gary Bettman is interested in getting the league up from 30 teams to 32. While this is a bad idea for many reasons (do we really need a team in Phoenix, and two in Florida?), it certainly wouldn’t hurt the likelihood of Brooklyn getting an NHL franchise…