*The... negotiations? Conversations? PR media releases? related to the NHL’s yet-to-be-made plan for the upcoming season are getting spicier, as now Gary Bettman has stepped to the microphone to try and explain the owner’s position. [AP]
*And despite asking the players to renegotiate part of the deal they made very recently, Bettman swears he isn’t asking the players to renegotiate part of the deal they made very recently. [TSN]
*It’s all just very messy. So, so messy. [Sportsnet]
*There is a very real possibility that the ownership group decided that this season should just be cancelled.