50 Years Ago in Hockey: Vancouver Edges Closer to NHL Team Rick Cole | August 27, 2015 Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson has given a huge boost to the city of Vancouver’s hopes of obtaining a National Hockey League franchise. Mr. Pearson announced that he has pledged…
Quebec City and Las Vegas Enter NHL Expansion Final Stage Glynn Cosker | August 25, 2015 The hopeful NHL expansion team cities Las Vegas and Quebec City have both entered into Phase Three of the official process. In a nutshell, Phase Three means that each prospective…
NHL Expansion Process Moves Forward Michael Straw | August 21, 2015 Get ready hockey fans because league expansion is getting even closer, and both of the primary candidates are moving forward in the process. It was revealed on Friday that both…
Off-Season Fun: Drafting Expansion Teams From Free Agents Larry Fisher | August 4, 2015 Everybody is talking about expansion these days. It seems half our writers here at THW have already projected their team’s protected lists as if the expansion draft was happening this…
The Best NHL Realignment: No Divisions or Conferences Dan Rice | July 28, 2015 There has been a lot of talk lately, deservedly so, about realignment as a result of impending expansion in the NHL. Let’s assume that you are a hockey fan reading…
How the NHL Can Revive the Expansion Process Walter McLaughlin | July 27, 2015 The market’s stinging rebuke of the NHL’s early-stage expansion process was surprising, to say the least. No Seattle. No Hamilton. No Portland. No second Toronto franchise. Of the whopping 16…
Note to NHL: Learn From Major League Soccer and Capitalize on Expansion in the Pacific Northwest Noah Dolinajec | July 23, 2015 Rivalries are the fuel of the National Hockey League and somehow, somewhere along the path of expansion, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman felt a regional match up between Florida municipalities was…
Seattle’s NHL Expansion Failure: What Went Wrong? Walter McLaughlin | July 22, 2015 As has been widely reported, the NHL’s self-imposed July 20 deadline for prospective ownership groups to submit applications for expansion franchises has come and gone. Las Vegas and Quebec City…
The Forgotten Issue of NHL Expansion Brett Slawson | July 22, 2015 On June 24th, 2015, the NHL Board of Governors began accepting applications towards a formal expansion process. At the cost of $10 Million dollars, $2 Million of which is not refundable…
NHL Expansion Process Moves Forward Michael Straw | July 21, 2015 The July 20 deadline has come and gone for stage one of the NHL expansion process, and the league has announced that, of the 16 application packets sent, only two…
NHL Expansion in Seattle Dead in the Water Bill Schoeninger | July 20, 2015 Along with Las Vegas and Quebec City, Seattle has been talked about as one of the most speculated-about destinations for NHL expansion. I even went as far to take a…
Who Would The Oilers Protect In A Potential Expansion Draft? Shane Sander | July 19, 2015 With the recent news that the NHL has opened up to accepting expansion applications and will eventually expand from 30 to 32 teams, this would call for an expansion draft…