Seattle Arena: ‘Big, Ugly House’ to Undergo Final Vote Walter McLaughlin | April 29, 2016 This coming Monday, the Seattle City Council is slated to vote on vacating a stretch of Occidental Avenue South to entrepreneur Chris Hansen for the purpose of constructing his proposed…
Who Might the Sharks Protect in NHL Expansion Draft? Sam Kelly | March 23, 2016 Earlier this month, details emerged on a potential NHL expansion draft following the 2016-17 season. Each franchise would lose one player if the league expanded by one team, while a…
Did Seattle Make the Wrong Arena Decision? Walter McLaughlin | February 15, 2016 Early on in the process, we were literally swept off our feet. After being slapped in the face by the Seattle Supersonics’ brutal uprooting and departure to Oklahoma City in…
December 15, 1925: The Day the “National” Hockey League Died Matt Pryor | December 15, 2015 It’s interesting how one date can have different meanings to different people: One couple’s wedding anniversary is the date another couple’s divorce was finalized, your birthday is the date someone…
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…
Dallas Stars Could Spend Less Time in the Sky After NHL Expansion Matt Pryor | August 4, 2015 Adding one team, much less two, to the National Hockey League is akin to dropping a rock into a still pond, the ripples spread across the water in every direction.…
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…
Hockey News: Devils Sign Adam Larsson to Six-Year Extension Jeff Ponder | July 26, 2015 Expansion has been the talk, while Arizona is grabbing some headlines for the future of the Coyotes. Here are all of your headlines for July 26, 2015: The Devils re-signed…
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…