Ryan Smith addresses NHL to Utah rumors

Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith may have broken his own news when speaking at World Congress of Sports event Wednesday.

Smith was asked a question about the swirling rumors that an NHL team is on its way to the Beehive State. Not only did he answer the question, but he said the now-hardly-quiet part out loud.

“There’s no secret on what’s out there online,” Smith was quoted as saying by Sports Business Journal reporter Alex M. Silverman. “Normally, not everything on the internet is true, but in this case, it’s pretty true.”

NEW: @UtahJazz owner Ryan Smith, on the @NHL to SLC reports: "There's no secret on what's out there online. Normally, not everything on the internet is true, but in this case, it's pretty true." #WCOS2024 https://t.co/npS7klKICU