Still on schedule

All press conferences are still on schedule for today. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is scheduled to hold a press conference at 1:00 PM this afternoon in New York. The press conference will be carried live nationally by ESPN and, in Philadelphia, by Comcast SportsNet. (You can also find the press conference online at www.nhl.com and www.nhlcbanews.com.) Locally, this will be followed by a press conference at 4:00 PM with Philadelphia Flyers president Ed Snider, also to be carried on Comcast SportsNet. (Most, if not all, owners are expected to hold their own press conferences in their own cities.) It is also expected that NHLPA head Bob Goodenow will hold his own press conference at some time. UPDATE (9:25 AM): Hopefully it's just posturing, but most likely not. The NHLPA has announced that Executive Director Bob Goodenow will hold a press conference at 4:00 PM today. Interestingly, the press conference is scheduled to be held at a hotel in downtown Toronto and not the NHLPA offices. The general thinking is that this is to allow room for several players to be present thus showing their support for the union, which is rumored to be fractured beyond repair.