The NHL and the NHL Players\' Association are negotiating a potential increase to an 84-game regular season during their collective bargaining agreement talks, sources told ESPN on Wednesday.
An increase over the current 82-game schedule has been discussed internally by the NHL over the past few seasons. The league has been considering scheduling alternatives after some franchises complained about an imbalanced number of division games against rivals -- contests that typically draw larger crowds and bigger television audiences.
Via ESPN.com