Lightning: Looking Forward to the 2021 Seattle Expansion Draft Eugene Helfrick | April 24, 2020 For the Tampa Bay Lightning, the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft was relatively painless. While the Vegas Golden Knights built a Stanley Cup contender using leverage granted by the NHL, the…
10 Potential Names for a New Seattle NHL Franchise THW Archives | April 19, 2020 This article was originally published here at THW in December 2014. We look at some options for new Seattle NHL team names, a more difficult task than days gone by.…
Deja Flu: Pandemic Wiped Out the 1919 Seattle-Montreal Stanley Cup Final Nick Abramo | April 14, 2020 A quick internet search of “Historic Recurrence” gives inquiring minds a shovelful of philosophical theories from those old-timey Greeks such as Polybius and Dionysius. And some great thinkers later on…
Jets Will Face Tough Decisions in Seattle Expansion Draft Ryan Goethals | April 10, 2020 General manager Kevin Cheveldayoff and the Winnipeg Jets are going to face some difficult decisions when the time comes to submit their protection list for the 2021 Seattle Expansion Draft.…
Coyotes: Looking Ahead to the 2021 Expansion Draft Louis Pannone | April 4, 2020 It seems like just yesterday that we were playing around with the CapFriendly Expansion Draft simulator in anticipation of the Vegas Golden Knights entering the National Hockey League during the…
Rangers Face Tough Decisions for Expansion Draft Tom Castro | April 3, 2020 The 2021 NHL Expansion Draft, set to take place next June as the league populates the roster of the Seattle franchise that will bring it to 32 teams, probably was…
Early Look at the Flames’ Expansion Draft Options Colton Pankiw | March 17, 2020 With all the exciting things that happen in the NHL day in and day out, it is sometimes hard to remember that there will be a new NHL franchise in…
Canadiens’ Approach to the Seattle Expansion Draft Blain Potvin | March 16, 2020 The NHL is one season away from Seattle and their general manager Ron Francis stepping up to a podium and making their selections in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft. Related:…
Canucks Could Lose Markstrom in Seattle Expansion Draft Sartaaj Bhullar | March 14, 2020 The Seattle Expansion Draft will take place next summer and it will be the second such event since 2017. The Vancouver Canucks have important decisions to make regarding which players…
Boudreau vs. Gallant – Who Should Coach Seattle? Matthew Zator | February 25, 2020 When the new Seattle expansion franchise starts searching for their first head coach, they will have lots of names to choose from. In THW’s first edition of the versus series,…
NHL Seattle Has Long Road Ahead J.D. Caldwell | February 18, 2020 NHL Seattle is still over a year and a half away from putting a product on the ice. The organization and its fans need to exercise patience in waiting for…
Penguins’ Potential Seattle Expansion Protected List Nick Horwat | February 6, 2020 There are rumors abound that the Seattle Kraken will be the official name of the NHL’s 32nd team. It seems to be the popular choice by fans, but Seattle has stated…