ESPN's Greg Wyshynski joins The Fan Pregame to discuss the potential of NHL expansion to Atlanta, what would be different this time around for the city and why people around the league believe that it ...

Plus, is Montreal most likely to bring the Stanley Cup back to Canada? Will Bedard or Celebrini (or both) make the Olympics ...

We don’t know when, we don’t know where, but it feels nearly certain the NHL will expand by a team or two in coming years. The Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild joined the league in 2000-01 and ...

More NHL expansion could be on the way. If it happens, the playoffs should expand as well. An offshoot of potential NHL expansion should be the Stanley Cup playoff format. As it stands, half the NHL’s ...

Unexplored markets — not a return to Canada — remain a focus when considering NHL expansion after Vegas and Seattle's successes spurred interest in other cities. Unexplored markets — not a return to ...

Gary Bettman really wants to see the NHL get to (at least) 33 teams. There was some development on the subject of potential NHL expansion on Wednesday. At the NHL Governors' Meeting, Bettman hinted ...

There are currently 32 teams in the National Hockey League. 16 in the Eastern Conference and 16 in the Western Conference. That's a good number, and a nice spread, but you know as well as I do that ...

NHL expansion fees have come a long way since the humble beginnings of the Ottawa Senators. When the Sens entered the league in the early '90s, the cost for an entire franchise was reported at the ...

The NHL wouldn't be the first North American team to consider expanding overseas. That said, Adam Proteau thinks it is a huge long shot to happen. The NHL wouldn't be the first North American team to ...

The NHL has met with a group led by billionaire Dan Friedkin to discuss its interest in bringing an expansion team to Houston, deputy commissioner Bill Daly confirmed Thursday night in an e-mail to ...