The NHL executive committee's meeting on expansion lasted over four hours Tuesday, but there is still no word on whether the league will be adding teams in time for the 2017-18 season.

The nine-member committee - chaired by Boston Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs - was expected to decide on a recommendation to give to the league's Board of Governors when they meet on June 22 in Las Vegas.

They could recommend not to expand at all, delay expansion indefinitely, add one team, or add two teams.

Las Vegas and Quebec City were the only cities to submit applications for the current expansion process, and the potential ownership groups are also yet to hear word on the fate of their bids.

"Nobody has said anything to me," potential Las Vegas owner Bill Foley told Steve Carp of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

The league has not expanded since the Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild joined the NHL in 2000.

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