via Dave Hodge of TSN,

Not that I'm looking for things to pick on from a Gary Bettman TV interview, but here's one - the NHL commissioner said the following last night as part of an answer that dealt with the possibility of expansion and/or franchise relocation: "Bear in mind we have 14 teams in the Western Conference and 16 teams in the Eastern Conference. I don't know how we would deal with that - I haven't given it any thought."

But you're not, of course. He knows where Quebec City and Las Vegas and Seattle are, and he knows how the NHL might deal with its geographical imbalance if it felt the time was right to do that, or if the league was forced to do that in conjunction with other developments, such as expansion or relocation.

So why would he say he hasn't given it any thought?

I don't know. He's Gary Bettman?