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Seattle NHL group has their say in New York

FILE - In this April 11, 2018, file photo, Tod Leiweke, right, greets part owners Jerry Bruckheimer, left, and David Bonderman to start a news conference naming Leiweke as the president and CEO for a prospective NHL expansion team in Seattle. The prospective owners of an NHL expansion team in Seattle will make their pitch to an executive committee of owners in New York on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, with a vote by the full Board of Governors possibly as early as December and almost a virtual certainty the puck drops in Seattle two or three years from now. Photo: Associated Press/Elaine Thompson

Mayor Jenny Durkan says the target for a potential NHL expansion team in Seattle to begin play is still the 2020-21 season.

Durkan and representatives from the Seattle Hockey Partners presented their case to the Board of Governors’ executive committee Tuesday. President and CEO Tod Leiweke and majority owner David Bonderman stressed the time line wasn’t important, but the city would still like a 2020 start.

Deputy commissioner Bill Daly last month began mentioned 2021 as a potential start date if the board approves a Seattle franchise. A possible impediment to a 2020 start is that the owners or players could vote in September 2019 to terminate the current collective bargaining agreement. If a new deal isn’t reached, it would expire Sept. 15, 2020.

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