Las Vegas Hires George McPhee as First General Manager Brandon Share-Cohen | July 12, 2016 When the NHL officially announced that Las Vegas would be receiving an NHL franchise, some major questions were still left unanswered. The general manager, coach, expansion draft players, and otherwise…
NHL Approves Las Vegas Expansion Andrew Forbes | June 22, 2016 The NHL Board of Governors met again on Wednesday with the discussion surrounding the league’s expansion in 2017-18. They closed the meetings with the vote in favour of the NHL…
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…
