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Coyotes ownership update: ‘Stuff’s gonna happen’

Gary Bettman

Gary Bettman wouldn’t provide an exact deadline for the Phoenix Coyotes ownership situation to be resolved.

Nor would the NHL commissioner talk about potential places where the franchise could be relocated should the most recent prospective owner be unable to strike an arena-management deal with the City of Glendale, which owns the rink where the Coyotes play.

But that lack of specifics aside, the clock is clearly running out on this long-running affair.

And this time, we may even mean it!

“At some point, we’re going to have to make a decision,” said Bettman today in Chicago.

Reporters peppered the commissioner with questions, trying, unsuccessfully, to pin him down on a precise timeline.

Bettman did, however, note that there’s a city council meeting on June 25 and an NHL Board of Governors meeting on June 27, so if you’re looking for key dates, those are two of them.

“Stuff’s gonna happen,” he said.