NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said he spoke with Islanders owner Charles Wang as recently as Tuesday morning and that Wang has received a "number of expressions of interest" in the potential sale of the team, according to an ESPN.com report.

The man in discussions with Islanders owner Charles Wang to purchase a majority stake in the team is hedge fund manager Andrew Barroway, ESPN.com has confirmed.

And while the former Philadelphia attorney, whose identity was known only as a mystery suitor for several days after news broke that the Islanders were up for sale, Barroway is no stranger to Wang.

Barroway was the lead plaintiff in a consolidated class-action suit against Wang's company, Computer Associates, that originated in 1998.