Does Your City Deserve an NHL Team? Andy Dudones | September 1, 2014 Whether it’s in the near or distant future, NHL expansion is not a matter of “if,” but “when.” Now that that is established, the real inquiry is, which cities are…
3 Huge Problems With Reports of NHL Expansion Bill Schoeninger | August 27, 2014 Over the past 24 hours, the NHL community has been sent into a frenzy with reports that Gary Bettman is looking to expand the NHL. The first report says that…
Las Vegas, Nevada: A Prime Spot For NHL Expansion THW Archives | August 12, 2013 Expansion. It’s a word that is consistently floated about the NHL community. Just last week, Greg Wyshynski of Puck Daddy reported that Gary Bettman was pushing to expand the NHL…
Praising Arizona: The Coyotes and Their Local Impact THW Archives | July 7, 2013 “My dad is from Detroit and played his entire life. So right when I could walk he put me in skates. Ever since then, that is what I have wanted…
Coyotes Relocation Rumors Premature George Fallar | March 28, 2013 Consider The Source Darren Dreger started a mini flurry of speculation, again, with a tweet about the Coyotes relocation being imminent. I characterized his tweets as “premature speculation” last night.…
Coyotes Relocation Would Lead to Significant Realignment Roarke Boes | February 7, 2013 It seems fitting that the latest attempt to purchase the Coyotes fell apart within 48 hours of Groundhog Day. The NHL has owned the troubled Glendale-based franchise four long years…
Phoenix Coyotes: The Clock Is Ticking In Glendale Fred Poulin | January 22, 2013 More than two months after my last article on the messy situation in Glendale (The Phoenix Coyotes: Things Get Messier In Glendale), the future of the Phoenix Coyotes remains in limbo in…
Canada Ready For A Three Team NHL Expansion? Kaylyn Neely | August 24, 2012 A potential NHL expansion that would bring Hamilton its long awaited hockey team, is a Canadian urban myth. However, new study released Thursday finds that in next 20 years, Canada…
Wandering the Desert No More? Phoenix Coyotes Fans Impress The Hockey Writers | April 30, 2012 Contrary to what one might have expected, Phoenix Coyotes home games have been boisterous affairs thus far in the Stanley Cup playoffs. It would have been fair to assume the…
The Five Best Markets for Future NHL Franchises Ryan Pike | March 13, 2012 Since the National Hockey League’s inception in 1917, the only constant has been change. Aside from the Original Six era, the league has constantly been in a state of flux…
10 Ways To Make Hockey Better in 2012 Steve Kendall | January 2, 2012 Hand out real suspensions/Get players to respect one another: Concussions continue to plague the NHL…
‘State of the NHL’ with Gary Bettman: Phoenix, Nabokov, Concussions, Quebec City and…Siberia? Mike Colligan | January 30, 2011 RALEIGH, NC – Commissioner Gary Bettman gave his annual ‘State of the NHL’ address on Saturday afternoon at the RBC Center, site of the 2011 All-Star game. Before opening up…