As one NHL owner told me, "Entry to the NHL is a calculated process which [commissioner] Gary [Bettman] likes control over." Bettman and Smith have struck up a relationship over the past several years.
"I'm still active in the tech world. I'm in my early 40s," Smith said. "Tech is what's creating a lot of this in Utah. How we can help from a technology standpoint and bringing communities together, it's really working. That's a big piece of this."
Most notably: Smith said his ownership group (which owns the Utah Jazz and MLS Real Salt Lake City) could host a team as soon as next season at the Delta Center, which has already hosted some NHL exhibition games.
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