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It is expected that Bettman and the NHL will conduct the draft from home, not in person, according to the NBA and NFL


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Joshua Deeds
October 25, 2023  (8:38 PM)
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It has been decided that the NHL will decentralize the draft, which will make fans unhappy.

According to a memo Bettman sent to teams in the NHL, most teams want to move forward with the decentralization of the draft given the logistical problems teams faced in Nashville.
It's crazy how committed Gary Bettman is to the bit of being a bad commissioner who's league is becoming more and more irrelevant in America.
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The NHL has moved forward with its plan to follow the NFL and NBA in stationing teams back at home during the NHL draft.
Bettman and the league will give prospects the opportunity to accept their jerseys personally during the draft.
However, there won't be the excitement there was when players like Connor Bedard or Juraj Slafkovsky were selected first overall in Nashville or Montreal.
There seems to be no end to the ways in which Bettman and the league irritate fans these days.

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