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Seattle Mock Expansion Draft: Best Players Available

Larry Fisher | July 18, 2019

Seattle Mock Expansion Draft: Win Now Team Seattle Mock Expansion Draft: Built For Future Whenever it is draft time — be it entry or expansion — the phrase ‘best player…

Categories NHL Expansion, Previews and Predictions, Seattle Kraken

Seattle Mock Expansion Draft: Built For Future

Larry Fisher | July 17, 2019

Seattle Mock Expansion Draft: Win Now Team Seattle Mock Expansion Draft: Best Players Available Seattle has a tough act to follow after Vegas took the NHL by storm — and…

Categories NHL Expansion, Previews and Predictions, Seattle Kraken

Seattle’s Addition Looms as Part of Draft Weekend Story

The Canadian Press | June 23, 2019

VANCOUVER — While the selections of Jack Hughes and Kaapo Kaako and the P.K. Subban trade all got their deserved attention during the NHL draft, one of the biggest crowds of the weekend surrounded a 59-year-old team executive and a Hollywood filmmaker….

Categories NHL Expansion, Seattle Kraken

NHL Approves Seattle Expansion Team

The Canadian Press | December 4, 2018

SEA ISLAND, Ga. — The NHL is coming to Seattle.
League commissioner Gary Bettman made the announcement on Tuesday at a press conference following the conclusion of the board of governors meetings.
The NHL’s 32nd team was unanimously approved …

Categories NHL Expansion

Seattle Expansion Seems a Slam Dunk, but Questions Remain

The Canadian Press | December 2, 2018

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is expected to confirm the worst-kept secret in hockey on Tuesday — the league will be expanding to Seattle.
Approval of the city’s bid to become the NHL’s 32nd franchise needs support from 3/4&nbs…

Categories NHL Expansion

NHL Expansion After the Seattle Team

The Canadian Press | November 30, 2018

The NHL will soon have 32 teams if Seattle is approved as expected next week. An even balance between conferences. A cross-border rival for the Vancouver Canucks in the Pacific Northwest.
Surely the league is done growing for a while?
Maybe not. Two an…

Categories Uncategorized

Seattle Group Confident NHL Arena Will Be Ready for 2020

The Canadian Press | November 12, 2018

SEATTLE — The potential owners of an NHL expansion franchise in Seattle remain confident arena renovations will be completed in time for the 2020-21 season.
NHL Seattle said Monday that ownership recognizes the ability to start play in 2020 is dependen…

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News & Notes: Murray, Hayton & Seattle

Brandon Share-Cohen | October 9, 2018

In today’s News & Notes, the Penguins received some bad news on their goaltending front, the Coyotes assigned their first-round pick to the OHL and Seattle NHL has big plans…

Categories Arizona Coyotes, Column, NHL News, Pittsburgh Penguins
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