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The Coyotes, however, remain the NHL's most pressing concern. The league has been operating the club for the past two seasons, with Glendale kicking in $25 million in each of the past two years to keep the team afloat.
The two groups known to have expressed interest in the Coyotes are one led by former San Jose Sharks president and CEO Greg Jamison, and another by Chicago sports mogul Jerry Reinsdorf. Without providing names, Bettman on Thursday revealed there is also a third group that's shown "serious" interest in the team.
Bettman on Saturday declined to shed any new light on the third group and who might be involved.
NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly described the third group as "legitimate."
"They've been working at it for a while," Daly said. "They've been spending money, they've been doing due diligence. So those are all positive signs. It doesn't mean they're going to buy the franchise so we'll see how it plays out."
Bettman said there's no timetable for completing a sale, and the commissioner also sent a message to any North American market interested in luring the Coyotes by saying the league's not making any assurances.
"We've told anybody in any market who's asked, who doesn't have a team, 'Don't do anything on planning on having a team because we're not making anybody any promises of anything,'" Bettman said.
The two groups known to have expressed interest in the Coyotes are one led by former San Jose Sharks president and CEO Greg Jamison, and another by Chicago sports mogul Jerry Reinsdorf. Without providing names, Bettman on Thursday revealed there is also a third group that's shown "serious" interest in the team.
Bettman on Saturday declined to shed any new light on the third group and who might be involved.
NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly described the third group as "legitimate."
"They've been working at it for a while," Daly said. "They've been spending money, they've been doing due diligence. So those are all positive signs. It doesn't mean they're going to buy the franchise so we'll see how it plays out."
Bettman said there's no timetable for completing a sale, and the commissioner also sent a message to any North American market interested in luring the Coyotes by saying the league's not making any assurances.
"We've told anybody in any market who's asked, who doesn't have a team, 'Don't do anything on planning on having a team because we're not making anybody any promises of anything,'" Bettman said.
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