NHL rejects 84-game schedule for 2008-09 (AP) The NHL will stay with an 82-game schedule for the 2008-09 season, rejecting a plan to add two games. The league's board of governors dismissed the idea of expanding the season by two games because of complications and timing, according to NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly. "It's accurate that we are no longer considering an 84-game schedule for the 2008-09 season, but that it remains a possibility... Publish Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:01:27 PDT Read more...