Prospective Las Vegas team owner gets green light for NHL season-ticket drive

As expected, no expansion bombshell came Monday at the NHL owners meetings in Florida.

Commissioner Gary Bettman did, however, tell reporters that prospective Las Vegas team owner William Foley has been given the go-ahead to start a season-ticket drive.

The move was approved by the board of governors, according to TVA's Renaud Lavoie.

Bettman said this doesn't bind NHL expansion exclusively to Las Vegas, but rather allows Foley to gauge the amount of support in the market.

"Please do not make more of it," Bettman added.

The commissioner's request won't be an easy one to fulfill, especially given this report from James Mirtle of the Globe and Mail.