PHOENIX (AP) -The NHL has agreed to allow depositions from commissioner Gary Bettman, deputy commissioner Bill Daly and two of the league’s owners in the contentious bankruptcy proceedings of the Phoenix Coyotes.
However, the league wants Judge Redfield T. Baum to reject the proposed deposition of Toronto Maples Leafs owner Richard Peddie.
Attorneys for Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie want to question Peddie over what role the Maple Leafs might play in the proposed relocation of the Coyotes to Hamilton, Ontario.
The league contends the relocation issue is moot because the NHL board of governors has overwhelmingly rejected Balsillie as an owner.
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