RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - SEPTEMBER 29: NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks with the media prior to the game between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Florida Panthers at Lenovo Center on September 29, 2026 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - SEPTEMBER 29: NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks with the media prior to the game between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Florida Panthers at Lenovo Center on September 29, 2026 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - SEPTEMBER 29: NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks with the media prior to the game between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Florida Panthers at Lenovo Center on September 29, 2026 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - SEPTEMBER 29: NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks with the media prior to the game between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Florida Panthers at Lenovo Center on September 29, 2026 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - SEPTEMBER 29: NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks with the media prior to the game between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Florida Panthers at Lenovo Center on September 29, 2026 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - SEPTEMBER 29: NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks with the media prior to the game between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Florida Panthers at Lenovo Center on September 29, 2026 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - SEPTEMBER 29: NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks with the media prior to the game between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Florida Panthers at Lenovo Center on September 29, 2026 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

TORONTO, CANADA - SEPTEMBER 29: Gavin McKenna #92 of the Toronto Maple Leafs skates in his first career NHL shift against the Montréal Canadiens in the first period at Scotiabank Arena on September 29, 2026 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Chris Tanouye/Getty Images)