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NHL News & Notes: Seattle Expansion, Mantha Out & More

Brandon Share-Cohen | December 4, 2018

In today’s News & Notes, Seattle will officially be the NHL’s 32nd franchise, Anthony Mantha is out for over a month and Jay Beagle is set to return for the…

Golden Knights Can Skip Next Expansion Draft

Keith Scheessele | March 24, 2018

The good news keeps coming for the Vegas Golden Knights. As the NHL’s 31st franchise closes in on capturing a Pacific Division crown in its first year of existence, it’s…

Russell Wilson: Face of the Seattle Arena Project

Walter McLaughlin | November 18, 2016

Hockey fans across the land agree that Seattle would be an ideal landing spot for an NHL franchise. This week, one of the NFL’s biggest names added star power to…

Seattle NHL Window is Closing

Michael Straw | July 22, 2016

Seattle’s bid for an NHL team is still alive, but it may as well be on life support. With only the city of Las Vegas recently being approved for league…

Seattle Arena Vote Demonstrates Lack of Vision, Courage

Walter McLaughlin | May 6, 2016

This past Monday, the Seattle city council narrowly voted down a street vacation request that would have paved the way for the issuance of a master use permit to build…

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…

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…

Seattle’s NHL Hopes Dim as Arena Options Fade

Walter McLaughlin | December 21, 2015

The prospects of an arena to house an NHL team in Seattle are growing increasingly dim, due in large part to slow progress on the SoDo site and a string of failures at other potential locations.

The NHL to Seattle: An Arena Update

Walter McLaughlin | November 12, 2015

When last we discussed this subject, the post-morems were freshly written over the death of Seattle’s NHL dreams. Seattle failed to submit an expansion application Long a purported favorite for…

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: Seattle Businessman Ray Bartoszek to Meet with NHL

Jeff Ponder | July 23, 2015

After Las Vegas and Quebec City officially filed for NHL expansion, it seems that Seattle may not quite be done for the race to add a team. This top story…

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…

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