When asked whether the NHL’s viewpoint on the link between chronic traumatic encephalopathy – better known as CTE – and repeated blows to the head has changed, the league’s deputy commissioner, Bill Daly, said on Wednesday it has not.
Ahead of the Winnipeg Jets’ home game against the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman addressed the assembled media, flanked, as always, by right-hand man Bill Daly.
The 2024 Stadium Series is only a few days away, and Full Press Hockey brings you continuing coverage. During a special media event held at MetLife Stadium, Deputy Commissioner of the NHL Bill Daly and Devils Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations Martin Brodeur met the media.
TORONTO – Is there a such thing as providing clarity via opaqueness? That might be the best way to describe NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and deputy commissioner Bill Daly’s addressing of the 2018 Hockey Canada sexual assault investigation when speaking at their annual All-Star Game presser Friday afternoon.
They say third time’s the charm. Late last week, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly when he spoke fairly openly and very optimistically about the league returning to Atlanta in the near future.
Bill Daly believes based on how the landscape of the league has changed over the last few years that if the league tried a third time, things would be much different.
The city will face fierce competition should an opening for a 33rd NHL team arise, however.