BREAKING NEWS: Closer to expansion

Big news in the expansion dossier in the NHL. Quebec City and Las Vegas have been invited by the NHL to start the second phase of the expansion process, according to TSN.ca. The website, vegaswantshockey.com sent out a statement.

"We are pleased to report that the NHL has invited us to participate in Phase II of the application process. In this phase, we will be providing the League with additional information requested by it, including information about the Las Vegas market. We will also be permitted access to information provided by the League that it deems important to us. We are hopeful that at the conclusion of this phase the league will invite us to participate in Phase III."

Quebec City and Las Vegas were the only two city to fill a bid in order to receive a NHL franchise during its expansion process.

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