Hockey: Bettman says full season 'not a reality'
BY Staff and Wire Reports
Thursday, October 25, 2012
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says it looks as if a full 82-game schedule "is not going to be a reality," as the lockout nears its seventh week.
Speaking at a news conference Wednesday announcing the New York Islanders' move from Nassau Coliseum to Brooklyn's Barclays Center in 2015, Bettman seemed resigned to looking at a shortened season with the NHL and the players' association still at odds after months of negotiations.
Bettman stated, in making the NHL's most recent offer, that a deal needed to be in place by Thursday for the season to begin Nov. 2 and allow for each team to play a full 82-game slate.
With no negotiations scheduled, reaching a deal in one day appears unlikely.
